#C73949#C73949

#C73949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.178 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73949
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 56.60, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 61.50, 23.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1682 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.178 19)
XYZ	xyz(26.2216, 15.5532, 7.9234)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73949 #39C7B7

analogous

#C73990 #C73949 #C77039

triadic

#C73949 #49C739 #3949C7

tetradic

#C73949 #90C739 #39C7B7 #7039C7

square

#C73949 #90C739 #39C7B7 #7039C7

split-complementary

#C73949 #39C770 #3990C7

monochromatic

#681D26 #982B37 #C73949 #D46975 #E298A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C73949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73949

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73949	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.178 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df797b',
    500: '#c73949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73949;
$custom-light: #df797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.239,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55979,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.15549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73949

secondary

#8ECEC6

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73949

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

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