#C73749#C73749

#C73749 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.180 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73749
RGB	rgb(199, 55, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 57.32, 23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 62.04, 22.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1705 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.18 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1247, 15.3593, 7.8911)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73749 #37C7B5

analogous

#C73791 #C73749 #C76D37

triadic

#C73749 #49C737 #3749C7

tetradic

#C73749 #91C737 #37C7B5 #6D37C7

square

#C73749 #91C737 #37C7B5 #6D37C7

split-complementary

#C73749 #37C76D #3791C7

monochromatic

#671C26 #972A37 #C73749 #D56674 #E296A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C73749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C73749 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73749

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73749	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA023F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 55, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.180 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df787b',
    500: '#c73749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73749;
$custom-light: #df787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55786,
    "c": 0.17973,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73749

secondary

#8CCDC5

accent

#E0CD48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73749

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

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