#C73D38#C73D38

#C73D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.176 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D38
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 54.19, 34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 64.23, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.157 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.176 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9386, 15.7690, 5.4185)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D38 #38C2C7

analogous

#C7387A #C73D38 #C78538

triadic

#C73D38 #38C73D #3D38C7

tetradic

#C73D38 #7AC738 #38C2C7 #8538C7

square

#C73D38 #7AC738 #38C2C7 #8538C7

split-complementary

#C73D38 #38C785 #387AC7

monochromatic

#67201D #972E2B #C73D38 #D46C68 #E29A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C73D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C73D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D38

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D38	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.176 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b6f',
    500: '#c73d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d38;
$custom-light: #e07b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.098,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5611,
    "c": 0.17557,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D38

secondary

#8DCBCD

accent

#DADF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D38

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

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