#C73936#C73936

#C73936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.180 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73936
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 55.61, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 65.70, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1611 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.18 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6851, 15.3386, 5.0975)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73936 #36C4C7

analogous

#C7367C #C73936 #C78136

triadic

#C73936 #36C739 #3936C7

tetradic

#C73936 #7CC736 #36C4C7 #8136C7

square

#C73936 #7CC736 #36C4C7 #8136C7

split-complementary

#C73936 #36C781 #367CC7

monochromatic

#671D1C #972B29 #C73936 #D56765 #E29795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C73936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C73936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73936

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73936	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.180 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0796d',
    500: '#c73936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73936;
$custom-light: #e0796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.241,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55672,
    "c": 0.17951,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73936

secondary

#8BCCCE

accent

#DDE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73936

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

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