#C73A35#C73A35

#C73A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.179 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A35
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 55.20, 35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 65.73, 32.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1596 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.179 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7117, 15.4291, 4.9917)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A35 #35C2C7

analogous

#C73579 #C73A35 #C78335

triadic

#C73A35 #35C73A #3A35C7

tetradic

#C73A35 #79C735 #35C2C7 #8335C7

square

#C73A35 #79C735 #35C2C7 #8335C7

split-complementary

#C73A35 #35C783 #3579C7

monochromatic

#661E1B #972C28 #C73A35 #D66764 #E29794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C73A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C73A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A35

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A35	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)

#635A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.179 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796d',
    500: '#c73a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a35;
$custom-light: #e1796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.055,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55759,
    "c": 0.17874,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A35

secondary

#8ACBCE

accent

#DCE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A35

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

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