#C73934#C73934

#C73934 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.180 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73934
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 52)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 55.52, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 66.23, 33.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1604 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.18 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6391, 15.3202, 4.8552)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73934 #34C2C7

analogous

#C73479 #C73934 #C78334

triadic

#C73934 #34C739 #3934C7

tetradic

#C73934 #79C734 #34C2C7 #8334C7

square

#C73934 #79C734 #34C2C7 #8334C7

split-complementary

#C73934 #34C783 #3479C7

monochromatic

#661D1B #962B27 #C73934 #D66662 #E39593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C73934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C73934 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73934

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73934	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)

#625932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.180 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796c',
    500: '#c73934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73934;
$custom-light: #e1796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.041,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55645,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73934

secondary

#89CBCE

accent

#DCE246

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73934

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

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