#C73A52#C73A52

#C73A52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.177 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73A52
RGB	rgb(199, 58, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 58.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 56.82, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 59.91, 18.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1705 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.177 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5918, 15.7812, 9.6268)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73A52 #3AC7AF

analogous

#C73A99 #C73A52 #C7683A

triadic

#C73A52 #52C73A #3A52C7

tetradic

#C73A52 #99C73A #3AC7AF #683AC7

square

#C73A52 #99C73A #3AC7AF #683AC7

split-complementary

#C73A52 #3AC768 #3A99C7

monochromatic

#691E2B #982B3E #C73A52 #D56A7C #E299A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C73A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C73A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73A52

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73A52	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 58, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.177 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a82',
    500: '#c73a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73a52;
$custom-light: #df7a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.787,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5626,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73A52

secondary

#8FCEC3

accent

#DFC549

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73A52

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

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