#C73A51#C73A51

#C73A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.177 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A51
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 56.75, 19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 60.03, 19.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1701 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.177 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5541, 15.7661, 9.4279)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A51 #3AC7B0

analogous

#C73A97 #C73A51 #C76A3A

triadic

#C73A51 #51C73A #3A51C7

tetradic

#C73A51 #97C73A #3AC7B0 #6A3AC7

square

#C73A51 #97C73A #3AC7B0 #6A3AC7

split-complementary

#C73A51 #3AC76A #3A97C7

monochromatic

#691E2A #982B3D #C73A51 #D56A7B #E299A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C73A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C73A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A51

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A51	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)

#5F5C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.177 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a81',
    500: '#c73a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a51;
$custom-light: #df7a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.213,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56239,
    "c": 0.17676,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A51

secondary

#8FCEC4

accent

#DFC749

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A51

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

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