#C73B47#C73B47

#C73B47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.176 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73B47
RGB	rgb(199, 59, 71)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 64.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 55.74, 25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 61.32, 24.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.165 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.176 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2572, 15.7288, 7.6134)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73B47 #3BC7BB

analogous

#C73B8D #C73B47 #C7753B

triadic

#C73B47 #47C73B #3B47C7

tetradic

#C73B47 #8DC73B #3BC7BB #753BC7

square

#C73B47 #8DC73B #3BC7BB #753BC7

split-complementary

#C73B47 #3BC775 #3B8DC7

monochromatic

#691E25 #992C35 #C73B47 #D56B74 #E29AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C73B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C73B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73B47

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73B47	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)

#615C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 59, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.176 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a7a',
    500: '#c73b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73b47;
$custom-light: #df7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56142,
    "c": 0.17592,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73B47

secondary

#90CEC9

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73B47

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

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