#C73849#C73849

#C73849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.179 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73849
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 56.97, 23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 61.77, 22.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1693 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.179 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1727, 15.4553, 7.9071)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73849 #38C7B6

analogous

#C73891 #C73849 #C76E38

triadic

#C73849 #49C738 #3849C7

tetradic

#C73849 #91C738 #38C7B6 #6E38C7

square

#C73849 #91C738 #38C7B6 #6E38C7

split-complementary

#C73849 #38C76E #3891C7

monochromatic

#671D26 #972B37 #C73849 #D46875 #E298A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C73849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C73849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73849

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73849	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA063F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.179 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df797b',
    500: '#c73849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73849;
$custom-light: #df797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.867,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55882,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73849

secondary

#8DCDC6

accent

#DFCD48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73849

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

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