#C73E2A#C73E2A

#C73E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.177 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E2A
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 42)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 53.24, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 67.95, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1512 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.177 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6967, 15.7584, 3.8787)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E2A #2AB3C7

analogous

#C72A65 #C73E2A #C78C2A

triadic

#C73E2A #2AC73E #3E2AC7

tetradic

#C73E2A #65C72A #2AB3C7 #8C2AC7

square

#C73E2A #65C72A #2AB3C7 #8C2AC7

split-complementary

#C73E2A #2AC78C #2A65C7

monochromatic

#621F15 #942E1F #C73E2A #DB6553 #E59286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C73E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C73E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E2A

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E2A	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)

#665B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.177 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b65',
    500: '#c73e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e2a;
$custom-light: #e17b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.643,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5605,
    "c": 0.17694,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E2A

secondary

#7EC5CF

accent

#D3E840

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E2A

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