#C73E3C#C73E3C

#C73E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.174 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E3C
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 60)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 53.99, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 62.97, 30.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1572 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.174 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0942, 15.9174, 5.9724)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E3C #3CC5C7

analogous

#C73C7F #C73E3C #C7833C

triadic

#C73E3C #3CC73E #3E3CC7

tetradic

#C73E3C #7FC73C #3CC5C7 #833CC7

square

#C73E3C #7FC73C #3CC5C7 #833CC7

split-complementary

#C73E3C #3CC783 #3C7FC7

monochromatic

#6A201E #9A2E2C #C73E3C #D56D6C #E29C9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#C73E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C73E3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E3C

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E3C	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB133F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.174 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c72',
    500: '#c73e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e3c;
$custom-light: #e07c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56274,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E3C

secondary

#91CDCE

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E3C

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

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