#C73E32#C73E32

#C73E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.176 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E32
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 53.54, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 65.63, 35.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1537 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.176 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8544, 15.8215, 4.7095)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E32 #32BBC7

analogous

#C73271 #C73E32 #C78932

triadic

#C73E32 #32C73E #3E32C7

tetradic

#C73E32 #71C732 #32BBC7 #8932C7

square

#C73E32 #71C732 #32BBC7 #8932C7

split-complementary

#C73E32 #32C789 #3271C7

monochromatic

#652019 #962F26 #C73E32 #D7695F #E39790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C73E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C73E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E32

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E32	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.176 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b6b',
    500: '#c73e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e32;
$custom-light: #e17b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.832,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56139,
    "c": 0.17557,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E32

secondary

#87C8CE

accent

#D6E345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E32

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

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