#C73E34#C73E34

#C73E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E34
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 52)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 53.62, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 65.08, 34.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1544 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.175 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8985, 15.8391, 4.9417)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E34 #34BDC7

analogous

#C73473 #C73E34 #C78834

triadic

#C73E34 #34C73E #3E34C7

tetradic

#C73E34 #73C734 #34BDC7 #8834C7

square

#C73E34 #73C734 #34BDC7 #8834C7

split-complementary

#C73E34 #34C788 #3473C7

monochromatic

#66201B #962F27 #C73E34 #D66A62 #E39893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C73E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C73E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E34

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E34	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b6c',
    500: '#c73e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e34;
$custom-light: #e07b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.082,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56164,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E34

secondary

#89C9CE

accent

#D7E246

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E34

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

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