#C73B41#C73B41

#C73B41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.176 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73B41
RGB	rgb(199, 59, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 55.40, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 62.55, 27.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1627 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.176 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0741, 15.6555, 6.6489)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73B41 #3BC7C1

analogous

#C73B87 #C73B41 #C77B3B

triadic

#C73B41 #41C73B #3B41C7

tetradic

#C73B41 #87C73B #3BC7C1 #7B3BC7

square

#C73B41 #87C73B #3BC7C1 #7B3BC7

split-complementary

#C73B41 #3BC77B #3B87C7

monochromatic

#691E21 #992C30 #C73B41 #D56B6F #E29A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C73B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C73B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73B41

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73B41	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 59, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.176 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a75',
    500: '#c73b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73b41;
$custom-light: #e07a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56038,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73B41

secondary

#90CECB

accent

#DFD849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73B41

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

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