#C73A43#C73A43

#C73A43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.177 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A43
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 67)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 55.89, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 62.38, 26.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1647 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.177 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0821, 15.5773, 6.9424)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A43 #3AC7BE

analogous

#C73A8A #C73A43 #C7773A

triadic

#C73A43 #43C73A #3A43C7

tetradic

#C73A43 #8AC73A #3AC7BE #773AC7

square

#C73A43 #8AC73A #3AC7BE #773AC7

split-complementary

#C73A43 #3AC777 #3A8AC7

monochromatic

#691E23 #982B32 #C73A43 #D56A70 #E2999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C73A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C73A43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A43

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A43	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.177 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a77',
    500: '#c73a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a43;
$custom-light: #e07a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.17,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55971,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A43

secondary

#8FCECA

accent

#DFD549

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A43

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

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