#C73845#C73845

#C73845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.179 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73845
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 56.73, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 62.50, 24.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1678 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.179 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0443, 15.4040, 7.2309)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73845 #38C7BA

analogous

#C7388D #C73845 #C77238

triadic

#C73845 #45C738 #3845C7

tetradic

#C73845 #8DC738 #38C7BA #7238C7

square

#C73845 #8DC738 #38C7BA #7238C7

split-complementary

#C73845 #38C772 #388DC7

monochromatic

#671D24 #972B34 #C73845 #D46872 #E2989E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C73845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C73845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73845

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73845	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)

#605A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA033E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.179 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07978',
    500: '#c73845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73845;
$custom-light: #e07978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55808,
    "c": 0.17895,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73845

secondary

#8DCDC8

accent

#DFD248

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73845

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

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