#C73542#C73542

#C73542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.182 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73542
RGB	rgb(199, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 57.62, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 63.84, 25.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.17 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.182 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8125, 15.0855, 6.7058)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73542 #35C7BA

analogous

#C7358B #C73542 #C77135

triadic

#C73542 #42C735 #3542C7

tetradic

#C73542 #8BC735 #35C7BA #7135C7

square

#C73542 #8BC735 #35C7BA #7135C7

split-complementary

#C73542 #35C771 #358BC7

monochromatic

#661B22 #972832 #C73542 #D6646E #E2949B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C73542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C73542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73542

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73542	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)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.182 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07776',
    500: '#c73542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73542;
$custom-light: #e07776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.658,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55471,
    "c": 0.18191,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73542

secondary

#8ACEC8

accent

#E1D347

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73542

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

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