#C73545#C73545

#C73545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.182 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73545
RGB	rgb(199, 53, 69)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 57.79, 25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 63.26, 24.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1712 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.182 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9032, 15.1218, 7.1839)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73545 #35C7B7

analogous

#C7358E #C73545 #C76E35

triadic

#C73545 #45C735 #3545C7

tetradic

#C73545 #8EC735 #35C7B7 #6E35C7

square

#C73545 #8EC735 #35C7B7 #6E35C7

split-complementary

#C73545 #35C76E #358EC7

monochromatic

#661B23 #972834 #C73545 #D66470 #E2949D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C73545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C73545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73545

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73545	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 53, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.182 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07778',
    500: '#c73545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73545;
$custom-light: #e07778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.425,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55524,
    "c": 0.18175,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73545

secondary

#8ACEC6

accent

#E1D047

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73545

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

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