#C73B32#C73B32

#C73B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.178 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73B32
RGB	rgb(199, 59, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 54.70, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 66.32, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1574 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.178 28)
XYZ	xyz(25.6958, 15.5042, 4.6566)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73B32 #32BEC7

analogous

#C73274 #C73B32 #C78632

triadic

#C73B32 #32C73B #3B32C7

tetradic

#C73B32 #74C732 #32BEC7 #8632C7

square

#C73B32 #74C732 #32BEC7 #8632C7

split-complementary

#C73B32 #32C786 #3274C7

monochromatic

#651E19 #962C26 #C73B32 #D7675F #E39590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C73B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C73B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73B32

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73B32	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB023A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 59, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.178 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a6b',
    500: '#c73b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73b32;
$custom-light: #e17a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.624,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55823,
    "c": 0.17829,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73B32

secondary

#87CACE

accent

#D9E345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73B32

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

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