#C73E36#C73E36

#C73E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E36
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 53.71, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 64.53, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1551 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.175 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9445, 15.8575, 5.1840)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E36 #36BFC7

analogous

#C73677 #C73E36 #C78636

triadic

#C73E36 #36C73E #3E36C7

tetradic

#C73E36 #77C736 #36BFC7 #8636C7

square

#C73E36 #77C736 #36BFC7 #8636C7

split-complementary

#C73E36 #36C786 #3677C7

monochromatic

#67201C #972F29 #C73E36 #D56B65 #E29995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C73E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C73E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E36

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E36	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)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB113D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b6d',
    500: '#c73e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e36;
$custom-light: #e07b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.31,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E36

secondary

#8BCACE

accent

#D8E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E36

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

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