#C73A50#C73A50

#C73A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.177 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A50
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 56.68, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 60.16, 19.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1697 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.177 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5168, 15.7512, 9.2318)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A50 #3AC7B1

analogous

#C73A97 #C73A50 #C76A3A

triadic

#C73A50 #50C73A #3A50C7

tetradic

#C73A50 #97C73A #3AC7B1 #6A3AC7

square

#C73A50 #97C73A #3AC7B1 #6A3AC7

split-complementary

#C73A50 #3AC76A #3A97C7

monochromatic

#691E29 #982B3C #C73A50 #D56A7A #E299A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C73A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C73A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A50

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A50	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.177 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a80',
    500: '#c73a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a50;
$custom-light: #df7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.638,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56218,
    "c": 0.17674,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A50

secondary

#8FCEC4

accent

#DFC849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A50

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

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