#C73935#C73935

#C73935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.180 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73935
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 55.57, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 65.96, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1607 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.18 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6618, 15.3293, 4.9751)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73935 #35C3C7

analogous

#C7357A #C73935 #C78235

triadic

#C73935 #35C739 #3935C7

tetradic

#C73935 #7AC735 #35C3C7 #8235C7

square

#C73935 #7AC735 #35C3C7 #8235C7

split-complementary

#C73935 #35C782 #357AC7

monochromatic

#661D1B #972B28 #C73935 #D66764 #E29694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C73935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C73935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73935

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73935	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)

#625A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.180 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796d',
    500: '#c73935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73935;
$custom-light: #e1796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55658,
    "c": 0.17964,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73935

secondary

#8ACCCE

accent

#DDE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73935

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

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