#C73C38#C73C38

#C73C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.176 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C38
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 54.58, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 64.47, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.1582 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.177 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8857, 15.6632, 5.4009)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C38 #38C3C7

analogous

#C7387C #C73C38 #C78338

triadic

#C73C38 #38C73C #3C38C7

tetradic

#C73C38 #7CC738 #38C3C7 #8338C7

square

#C73C38 #7CC738 #38C3C7 #8338C7

split-complementary

#C73C38 #38C783 #387CC7

monochromatic

#671F1D #972E2B #C73C38 #D46B68 #E29A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C73C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C73C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C38

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C38	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.176 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a6f',
    500: '#c73c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c38;
$custom-light: #e07a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.678,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56005,
    "c": 0.1765,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C38

secondary

#8DCCCD

accent

#DBDF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C38

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

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