#C73E35#C73E35

#C73E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E35
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 53.67, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 64.80, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1548 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.175 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9213, 15.8482, 5.0616)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E35 #35BEC7

analogous

#C73575 #C73E35 #C78735

triadic

#C73E35 #35C73E #3E35C7

tetradic

#C73E35 #75C735 #35BEC7 #8735C7

square

#C73E35 #75C735 #35BEC7 #8735C7

split-complementary

#C73E35 #35C787 #3575C7

monochromatic

#66201B #972F28 #C73E35 #D66B64 #E29994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C73E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C73E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E35

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E35	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)

#655C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b6d',
    500: '#c73e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e35;
$custom-light: #e07b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.699,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56176,
    "c": 0.1751,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E35

secondary

#8AC9CE

accent

#D8E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E35

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

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