#C73A44#C73A44

#C73A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.177 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A44
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 65.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 55.94, 27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 62.18, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1651 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.177 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1124, 15.5894, 7.1018)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A44 #3AC7BD

analogous

#C73A8A #C73A44 #C7773A

triadic

#C73A44 #44C73A #3A44C7

tetradic

#C73A44 #8AC73A #3AC7BD #773AC7

square

#C73A44 #8AC73A #3AC7BD #773AC7

split-complementary

#C73A44 #3AC777 #3A8AC7

monochromatic

#691E23 #982B33 #C73A44 #D56A71 #E2999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C73A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C73A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A44

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A44	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.177 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a78',
    500: '#c73a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a44;
$custom-light: #e07a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55988,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A44

secondary

#8FCEC9

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A44

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

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