#C73D33#C73D33

#C73D33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.176 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D33
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 51)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 53.97, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 65.58, 34.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1553 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.176 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8224, 15.7225, 4.8064)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D33 #33BDC7

analogous

#C73373 #C73D33 #C78733

triadic

#C73D33 #33C73D #3D33C7

tetradic

#C73D33 #73C733 #33BDC7 #8733C7

square

#C73D33 #73C733 #33BDC7 #8733C7

split-complementary

#C73D33 #33C787 #3373C7

monochromatic

#661F1A #962E27 #C73D33 #D66961 #E39791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C73D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C73D33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D33

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D33	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)

#655B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.176 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b6b',
    500: '#c73d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d33;
$custom-light: #e17b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.054,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56044,
    "c": 0.17632,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D33

secondary

#88C9CE

accent

#D8E245

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D33

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

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