#C73A46#C73A46

#C73A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.177 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A46
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 56.06, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 61.78, 24.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1658 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.177 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1745, 15.6142, 7.4288)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A46 #3AC7BB

analogous

#C73A8C #C73A46 #C7753A

triadic

#C73A46 #46C73A #3A46C7

tetradic

#C73A46 #8CC73A #3AC7BB #753AC7

square

#C73A46 #8CC73A #3AC7BB #753AC7

split-complementary

#C73A46 #3AC775 #3A8CC7

monochromatic

#691E24 #982B35 #C73A46 #D56A73 #E299A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C73A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C73A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A46

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A46	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.177 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a79',
    500: '#c73a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a46;
$custom-light: #df7a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.894,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56023,
    "c": 0.17696,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A46

secondary

#8FCEC8

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A46

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

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