#C73931#C73931

#C73931 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.180 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73931
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 55.40, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 67.04, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1594 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.18 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5736, 15.2940, 4.5106)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73931 #31BFC7

analogous

#C73174 #C73931 #C78431

triadic

#C73931 #31C739 #3931C7

tetradic

#C73931 #74C731 #31BFC7 #8431C7

square

#C73931 #74C731 #31BFC7 #8431C7

split-complementary

#C73931 #31C784 #3174C7

monochromatic

#651D19 #962B25 #C73931 #D7645E #E3938F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C73931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C73931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73931

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73931	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.180 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796a',
    500: '#c73931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73931;
$custom-light: #e1796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55608,
    "c": 0.18021,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73931

secondary

#86CACE

accent

#DBE444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73931

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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