#C73A4E#C73A4E

#C73A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.177 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A4E
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 56.55, 21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 60.43, 20.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1689 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.177 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4440, 15.7221, 8.8485)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A4E #3AC7B3

analogous

#C73A95 #C73A4E #C76C3A

triadic

#C73A4E #4EC73A #3A4EC7

tetradic

#C73A4E #95C73A #3AC7B3 #6C3AC7

square

#C73A4E #95C73A #3AC7B3 #6C3AC7

split-complementary

#C73A4E #3AC76C #3A95C7

monochromatic

#691E28 #982B3B #C73A4E #D56A79 #E299A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C73A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C73A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A4E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A4E	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.177 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a7f',
    500: '#c73a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a4e;
$custom-light: #df7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.489,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56177,
    "c": 0.17673,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A4E

secondary

#8FCEC5

accent

#DFCA49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A4E

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

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