#C73C29#C73C29

#C73C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.179 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C29
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 41)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 79.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 53.98, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 68.67, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1534 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.179 31)
XYZ	xyz(25.5723, 15.5378, 3.7500)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C29 #29B4C7

analogous

#C72965 #C73C29 #C78B29

triadic

#C73C29 #29C73C #3C29C7

tetradic

#C73C29 #65C729 #29B4C7 #8B29C7

square

#C73C29 #65C729 #29B4C7 #8B29C7

split-complementary

#C73C29 #29C78B #2965C7

monochromatic

#621D14 #942D1F #C73C29 #DB6252 #E69085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C73C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C29

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C29	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.179 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a64',
    500: '#c73c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c29;
$custom-light: #e17a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.215,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55827,
    "c": 0.17886,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.15534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C29

secondary

#7DC5CF

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C29

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

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