#C73A29#C73A29

#C73A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.181 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A29
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 41)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 79.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 54.74, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 69.10, 37.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1557 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.181 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4695, 15.3322, 3.7157)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A29 #29B6C7

analogous

#C72967 #C73A29 #C78929

triadic

#C73A29 #29C73A #3A29C7

tetradic

#C73A29 #67C729 #29B6C7 #8929C7

square

#C73A29 #67C729 #29B6C7 #8929C7

split-complementary

#C73A29 #29C789 #2967C7

monochromatic

#621C14 #942B1F #C73A29 #DB6152 #E68F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C73A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C73A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A29

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A29	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.181 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17964',
    500: '#c73a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a29;
$custom-light: #e17964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.456,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5562,
    "c": 0.18058,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A29

secondary

#7DC6CF

accent

#D7E93F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A29

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

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