#C73A34#C73A34

#C73A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.179 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A34
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 52)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 55.15, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 66.00, 33.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1592 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.179 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6890, 15.4200, 4.8719)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A34 #34C1C7

analogous

#C73478 #C73A34 #C78434

triadic

#C73A34 #34C73A #3A34C7

tetradic

#C73A34 #78C734 #34C1C7 #8434C7

square

#C73A34 #78C734 #34C1C7 #8434C7

split-complementary

#C73A34 #34C784 #3478C7

monochromatic

#661E1B #962C27 #C73A34 #D66762 #E39693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C73A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C73A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A34

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A34	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.179 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796c',
    500: '#c73a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a34;
$custom-light: #e1796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55746,
    "c": 0.17888,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A34

secondary

#89CBCE

accent

#DBE246

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A34

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

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