#C73A42#C73A42

#C73A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.177 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A42
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 55.83, 28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 62.59, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1643 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.177 22)
XYZ	xyz(26.0524, 15.5654, 6.7858)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A42 #3AC7BF

analogous

#C73A88 #C73A42 #C7793A

triadic

#C73A42 #42C73A #3A42C7

tetradic

#C73A42 #88C73A #3AC7BF #793AC7

square

#C73A42 #88C73A #3AC7BF #793AC7

split-complementary

#C73A42 #3AC779 #3A88C7

monochromatic

#691E22 #982B32 #C73A42 #D56A70 #E2999D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C73A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A42

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A42	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)

#615B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA093E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.177 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a76',
    500: '#c73a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a42;
$custom-light: #e07a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.596,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55954,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.15562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A42

secondary

#8FCECA

accent

#DFD749

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A42

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

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