#C73E38#C73E38

#C73E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E38
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 53.80, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 63.99, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1558 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.175 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9925, 15.8767, 5.4365)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E38 #38C1C7

analogous

#C7387A #C73E38 #C78538

triadic

#C73E38 #38C73E #3E38C7

tetradic

#C73E38 #7AC738 #38C1C7 #8538C7

square

#C73E38 #7AC738 #38C1C7 #8538C7

split-complementary

#C73E38 #38C785 #387AC7

monochromatic

#67201D #972F2B #C73E38 #D46C68 #E29B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#C73E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C73E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E38

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E38	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB123E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b6f',
    500: '#c73e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e38;
$custom-light: #e07b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.517,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56217,
    "c": 0.17463,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E38

secondary

#8DCBCD

accent

#D9DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E38

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

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