#C73937#C73937

#C73937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.179 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73937
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 55)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 55.65, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 65.44, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1614 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.179 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7088, 15.3481, 5.2225)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73937 #37C5C7

analogous

#C7377D #C73937 #C78137

triadic

#C73937 #37C739 #3937C7

tetradic

#C73937 #7DC737 #37C5C7 #8137C7

square

#C73937 #7DC737 #37C5C7 #8137C7

split-complementary

#C73937 #37C781 #377DC7

monochromatic

#671E1C #972B2A #C73937 #D56866 #E29796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C73937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C73937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73937

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73937	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)

#625A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.179 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0796e',
    500: '#c73937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73937;
$custom-light: #e0796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55686,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73937

secondary

#8CCDCD

accent

#DEE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73937

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

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