#C73E27#C73E27

#C73E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.177 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E27
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 80.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 53.14, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 68.83, 39.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1504 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.177 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6450, 15.7377, 3.6064)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E27 #27B0C7

analogous

#C72760 #C73E27 #C78E27

triadic

#C73E27 #27C73E #3E27C7

tetradic

#C73E27 #60C727 #27B0C7 #8E27C7

square

#C73E27 #60C727 #27B0C7 #8E27C7

split-complementary

#C73E27 #27C78E #2760C7

monochromatic

#611E13 #942E1D #C73E27 #DC634F #E69082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C73E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C73E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E27

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E27	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)

#665B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.177 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b63',
    500: '#c73e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e27;
$custom-light: #e17b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.625,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5602,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E27

secondary

#7BC3CF

accent

#D1EA3E

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E27

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

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