#C73950#C73950

#C73950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.178 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73950
RGB	rgb(199, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 57.05, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 60.45, 19.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1709 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.178 16)
XYZ	xyz(26.4669, 15.6513, 9.2152)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73950 #39C7B0

analogous

#C73997 #C73950 #C76939

triadic

#C73950 #50C739 #3950C7

tetradic

#C73950 #97C739 #39C7B0 #6939C7

square

#C73950 #97C739 #39C7B0 #6939C7

split-complementary

#C73950 #39C769 #3997C7

monochromatic

#681D2A #982B3D #C73950 #D4697A #E298A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C73950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C73950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73950

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73950	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.178 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a80',
    500: '#c73950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73950;
$custom-light: #df7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.282,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56119,
    "c": 0.17775,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.15648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73950

secondary

#8ECEC3

accent

#DFC749

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73950

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

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