#C73B35#C73B35

#C73B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.178 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73B35
RGB	rgb(199, 59, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 54.82, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 65.50, 33.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1584 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.178 27)
XYZ	xyz(25.7627, 15.5310, 5.0087)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73B35 #35C1C7

analogous

#C73578 #C73B35 #C78435

triadic

#C73B35 #35C73B #3B35C7

tetradic

#C73B35 #78C735 #35C1C7 #8435C7

square

#C73B35 #78C735 #35C1C7 #8435C7

split-complementary

#C73B35 #35C784 #3578C7

monochromatic

#661E1B #972D28 #C73B35 #D66864 #E29794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C73B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73B35

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73B35	1.00	5.12	4.11	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB043B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 59, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.178 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a6d',
    500: '#c73b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73b35;
$custom-light: #e07a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.466,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55861,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73B35

secondary

#8ACBCE

accent

#DBE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73B35

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

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