#C73A41#C73A41

#C73A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.177 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A41
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 55.78, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 62.80, 27.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1639 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.177 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0232, 15.5537, 6.6319)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A41 #3AC7C0

analogous

#C73A88 #C73A41 #C7793A

triadic

#C73A41 #41C73A #3A41C7

tetradic

#C73A41 #88C73A #3AC7C0 #793AC7

square

#C73A41 #88C73A #3AC7C0 #793AC7

split-complementary

#C73A41 #3AC779 #3A88C7

monochromatic

#691E22 #982B31 #C73A41 #D56A6F #E2999D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C73A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A41

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A41	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)

#615B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA083E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.177 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a75',
    500: '#c73a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a41;
$custom-light: #e07a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.021,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55937,
    "c": 0.17733,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A41

secondary

#8FCECB

accent

#DFD849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A41

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

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