#C73243#C73243

#C73243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.185 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73243
RGB	rgb(199, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 58.69, 26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 64.37, 24.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1736 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.185 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7097, 14.8324, 6.8183)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73243 #32C7B6

analogous

#C7328E #C73243 #C76C32

triadic

#C73243 #43C732 #3243C7

tetradic

#C73243 #8EC732 #32C7B6 #6C32C7

square

#C73243 #8EC732 #32C7B6 #6C32C7

split-complementary

#C73243 #32C76C #328EC7

monochromatic

#651922 #962633 #C73243 #D75F6D #E3909A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C73243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#C73243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73243

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73243	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.185 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07677',
    500: '#c73243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73243;
$custom-light: #e07677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.154,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55218,
    "c": 0.18453,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73243

secondary

#87CEC6

accent

#E3D145

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73243

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

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