#C73843#C73843

#C73843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.179 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73843
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 56.62, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 62.89, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.167 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.179 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9833, 15.3795, 6.9095)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73843 #38C7BC

analogous

#C7388A #C73843 #C77538

triadic

#C73843 #43C738 #3843C7

tetradic

#C73843 #8AC738 #38C7BC #7538C7

square

#C73843 #8AC738 #38C7BC #7538C7

split-complementary

#C73843 #38C775 #388AC7

monochromatic

#671D23 #972B33 #C73843 #D46870 #E2989D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C73843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C73843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73843

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73843	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)

#605A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA013D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.179 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07977',
    500: '#c73843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73843;
$custom-light: #e07977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55773,
    "c": 0.17906,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73843

secondary

#8DCDC9

accent

#DFD448

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73843

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

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