#C73442#C73442

#C73442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.183 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73442
RGB	rgb(199, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 57.97, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 64.09, 25.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1711 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.183 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7673, 14.9953, 6.6908)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73442 #34C7B9

analogous

#C7348C #C73442 #C77034

triadic

#C73442 #42C734 #3442C7

tetradic

#C73442 #8CC734 #34C7B9 #7034C7

square

#C73442 #8CC734 #34C7B9 #7034C7

split-complementary

#C73442 #34C770 #348CC7

monochromatic

#661B22 #962732 #C73442 #D6626D #E3939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C73442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C73442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73442

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73442	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.183 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07776',
    500: '#c73442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73442;
$custom-light: #e07776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55379,
    "c": 0.1828,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73442

secondary

#89CEC7

accent

#E2D346

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73442

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

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