#C73C3E#C73C3E

#C73C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.176 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C3E
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 54.87, 30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 62.98, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1604 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.176 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0414, 15.7255, 6.2206)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C3E #3CC7C5

analogous

#C73C83 #C73C3E #C77F3C

triadic

#C73C3E #3EC73C #3C3EC7

tetradic

#C73C3E #83C73C #3CC7C5 #7F3CC7

square

#C73C3E #83C73C #3CC7C5 #7F3CC7

split-complementary

#C73C3E #3CC77F #3C83C7

monochromatic

#6A1E20 #9A2C2E #C73C3E #D56C6D #E29B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C73C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C73C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C3E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C3E	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86793A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.176 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b73',
    500: '#c73c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c3e;
$custom-light: #e07b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.137,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56093,
    "c": 0.17573,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C3E

secondary

#91CECD

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C3E

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

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