#C73F35#C73F35

#C73F35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.174 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73F35
RGB	rgb(199, 63, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 53.27, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 64.57, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1535 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.174 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9762, 15.9580, 5.0799)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73F35 #35BDC7

analogous

#C73574 #C73F35 #C78835

triadic

#C73F35 #35C73F #3F35C7

tetradic

#C73F35 #74C735 #35BDC7 #8835C7

square

#C73F35 #74C735 #35BDC7 #8835C7

split-complementary

#C73F35 #35C788 #3574C7

monochromatic

#66201B #973028 #C73F35 #D66B64 #E29994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#C73F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C73F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73F35

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73F35	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB133E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 63, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.174 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c6d',
    500: '#c73f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73f35;
$custom-light: #e07c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.11,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56285,
    "c": 0.17417,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73F35

secondary

#8AC9CE

accent

#D7E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73F35

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

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