#C73F3E#C73F3E

#C73F3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.173 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C73F3E
RGBrgb(199, 63, 62)
HSLhsl(0, 55%, 51%)
HSVhsv(0, 69%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.3%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(47.04, 53.70, 31.44)
CIE-LCHlch(47.04, 62.23, 30.34°)
OKLaboklab(56.41% 0.1567 0.0729)
OKLCHoklch(56.41% 0.173 24.9)
XYZxyz(26.2030, 16.0487, 6.2745)
Luminance0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C73F3E #3EC6C7
analogous
#C73E81 #C73F3E #C7833E
triadic
#C73F3E #3EC73F #3F3EC7
tetradic
#C73F3E #81C73E #3EC6C7 #833EC7
square
#C73F3E #81C73E #3EC6C7 #833EC7
split-complementary
#C73F3E #3EC783 #3E81C7
monochromatic
#6B201F #9B2E2D #C73F3E #D56E6D #E39D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99
#C73F3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21
#C73F3E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73F3E
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C73F3E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C73F3E1.004.994.214.99
#FFFFFF4.991.0021.001.00
#0000004.2121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#655D3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#877A3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DA1740
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c73f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 63, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.173 24.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c73',
    500: '#c73f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c73f3e;
$custom-light: #e07c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c73f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.438,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56412,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C73F3E
secondary
#92CECF
accent
#DDDE49
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#170A08
muted
#857C7B

Preview Lab

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#C73F3E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva