#C73B46#C73B46

#C73B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.176 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73B46
RGB	rgb(199, 59, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 55.68, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 61.52, 25.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1646 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.176 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2254, 15.7160, 7.4457)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73B46 #3BC7BC

analogous

#C73B8C #C73B46 #C7763B

triadic

#C73B46 #46C73B #3B46C7

tetradic

#C73B46 #8CC73B #3BC7BC #763BC7

square

#C73B46 #8CC73B #3BC7BC #763BC7

split-complementary

#C73B46 #3BC776 #3B8CC7

monochromatic

#691E24 #992C34 #C73B46 #D56B73 #E29AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C73B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C73B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73B46

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73B46	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)

#615C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 59, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.176 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a79',
    500: '#c73b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73b46;
$custom-light: #df7a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56124,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73B46

secondary

#90CEC9

accent

#DFD349

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73B46

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

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