#C73A40#C73A40

#C73A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.177 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A40
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 55.72, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 63.02, 27.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1636 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.177 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9945, 15.5422, 6.4807)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A40 #3AC7C1

analogous

#C73A86 #C73A40 #C77B3A

triadic

#C73A40 #40C73A #3A40C7

tetradic

#C73A40 #86C73A #3AC7C1 #7B3AC7

square

#C73A40 #86C73A #3AC7C1 #7B3AC7

split-complementary

#C73A40 #3AC77B #3A86C7

monochromatic

#691E21 #982B30 #C73A40 #D56A6E #E2999C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C73A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A40

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A40	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)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA073E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.177 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a75',
    500: '#c73a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a40;
$custom-light: #e07a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55921,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A40

secondary

#8FCECB

accent

#DFD949

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A40

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

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