#C73947#C73947

#C73947 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.178 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73947
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 71)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 64.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 56.48, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 61.86, 24.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1674 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.178 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1564, 15.5271, 7.5798)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73947 #39C7B9

analogous

#C7398E #C73947 #C77239

triadic

#C73947 #47C739 #3947C7

tetradic

#C73947 #8EC739 #39C7B9 #7239C7

square

#C73947 #8EC739 #39C7B9 #7239C7

split-complementary

#C73947 #39C772 #398EC7

monochromatic

#681D25 #982B36 #C73947 #D46973 #E298A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C73947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C73947 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73947

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73947	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA093F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.178 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df797a',
    500: '#c73947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73947;
$custom-light: #df797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.085,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55942,
    "c": 0.17788,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73947

secondary

#8ECEC7

accent

#DFD049

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73947

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

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