#C73C2A#C73C2A

#C73C2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.179 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C2A
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 42)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 54.02, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 68.38, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1537 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.179 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5899, 15.5449, 3.8431)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C2A #2AB5C7

analogous

#C72A67 #C73C2A #C78B2A

triadic

#C73C2A #2AC73C #3C2AC7

tetradic

#C73C2A #67C72A #2AB5C7 #8B2AC7

square

#C73C2A #67C72A #2AB5C7 #8B2AC7

split-complementary

#C73C2A #2AC78B #2A67C7

monochromatic

#621E15 #942D1F #C73C2A #DB6353 #E59186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C73C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C2A

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C2A	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)

#655A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.179 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a65',
    500: '#c73c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c2a;
$custom-light: #e17a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.879,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55837,
    "c": 0.17869,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C2A

secondary

#7EC6CF

accent

#D5E840

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C2A

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

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