#C73256#C73256

#C73256 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.185 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73256
RGB	rgb(199, 50, 86)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 59.88, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 61.81, 14.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.181 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.185 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3761, 15.0990, 10.3278)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73256 #32C7A3

analogous

#C732A1 #C73256 #C75932

triadic

#C73256 #56C732 #3256C7

tetradic

#C73256 #A1C732 #32C7A3 #5932C7

square

#C73256 #A1C732 #32C7A3 #5932C7

split-complementary

#C73256 #32C759 #32A1C7

monochromatic

#65192C #962641 #C73256 #D75F7C #E390A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C73256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C73256 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73256

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73256	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 50, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.185 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7785',
    500: '#c73256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73256;
$custom-light: #df7785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.503,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55608,
    "c": 0.18498,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73256

secondary

#87CEBD

accent

#E3BD45

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73256

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

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