#C73541#C73541

#C73541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.182 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73541
RGB	rgb(199, 53, 65)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 57.57, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 64.05, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1696 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.182 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7832, 15.0738, 6.5519)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73541 #35C7BB

analogous

#C7358A #C73541 #C77235

triadic

#C73541 #41C735 #3541C7

tetradic

#C73541 #8AC735 #35C7BB #7235C7

square

#C73541 #8AC735 #35C7BB #7235C7

split-complementary

#C73541 #35C772 #358AC7

monochromatic

#661B21 #972831 #C73541 #D6646D #E2949A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C73541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C73541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73541

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73541	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 53, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.182 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07775',
    500: '#c73541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73541;
$custom-light: #e07775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.068,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55454,
    "c": 0.18197,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73541

secondary

#8ACEC8

accent

#E1D447

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73541

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

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