#C73932#C73932

#C73932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.180 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73932
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 55.44, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 66.77, 33.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1597 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.18 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5950, 15.3025, 4.6230)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73932 #32C0C7

analogous

#C73276 #C73932 #C78432

triadic

#C73932 #32C739 #3932C7

tetradic

#C73932 #76C732 #32C0C7 #8432C7

square

#C73932 #76C732 #32C0C7 #8432C7

split-complementary

#C73932 #32C784 #3276C7

monochromatic

#651D19 #962B26 #C73932 #D7655F #E39490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C73932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C73932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73932

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73932	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)

#635930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.180 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796a',
    500: '#c73932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73932;
$custom-light: #e1796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.819,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5562,
    "c": 0.18006,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73932

secondary

#87CBCE

accent

#DCE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73932

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

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