#C73557#C73557

#C73557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.182 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73557
RGB	rgb(199, 53, 87)
HSL	hsl(346, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(346, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 56.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 58.95, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 60.88, 14.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1782 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.182 12)
XYZ	xyz(26.5491, 15.3802, 10.5857)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73557 #35C7A5

analogous

#C735A0 #C73557 #C75C35

triadic

#C73557 #57C735 #3557C7

tetradic

#C73557 #A0C735 #35C7A5 #5C35C7

square

#C73557 #A0C735 #35C7A5 #5C35C7

split-complementary

#C73557 #35C75C #35A0C7

monochromatic

#661B2D #972842 #C73557 #D6647E #E294A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C73557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C73557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73557

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73557	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 53, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.182 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7886',
    500: '#c73557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73557;
$custom-light: #df7886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.027,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55897,
    "c": 0.18216,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.15376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73557

secondary

#8ACEBE

accent

#E1BD47

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73557

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

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