#C73A36#C73A36

#C73A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.179 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A36
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 55.24, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 65.47, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1599 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.179 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7350, 15.4384, 5.1141)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A36 #36C3C7

analogous

#C7367B #C73A36 #C78236

triadic

#C73A36 #36C73A #3A36C7

tetradic

#C73A36 #7BC736 #36C3C7 #8236C7

square

#C73A36 #7BC736 #36C3C7 #8236C7

split-complementary

#C73A36 #36C782 #367BC7

monochromatic

#671E1C #972C29 #C73A36 #D56865 #E29795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C73A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C73A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A36

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A36	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)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.179 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0796d',
    500: '#c73a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a36;
$custom-light: #e0796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.655,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55772,
    "c": 0.1786,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A36

secondary

#8BCCCE

accent

#DCE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A36

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

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