#C73940#C73940

#C73940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.178 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73940
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 56.09, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 63.27, 27.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1647 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.178 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9445, 15.4424, 6.4640)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73940 #39C7C0

analogous

#C73987 #C73940 #C77939

triadic

#C73940 #40C739 #3940C7

tetradic

#C73940 #87C739 #39C7C0 #7939C7

square

#C73940 #87C739 #39C7C0 #7939C7

split-complementary

#C73940 #39C779 #3987C7

monochromatic

#681D21 #982B30 #C73940 #D4696E #E2989C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C73940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C73940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73940

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73940	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB033D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.178 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07975',
    500: '#c73940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73940;
$custom-light: #e07975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.042,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55821,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73940

secondary

#8ECECB

accent

#DFD849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73940

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

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