#C73B4C#C73B4C

#C73B4C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.176 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73B4C
RGB	rgb(199, 59, 76)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 61.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 56.05, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 60.46, 22.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.167 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.176 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4243, 15.7956, 8.4935)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73B4C #3BC7B6

analogous

#C73B92 #C73B4C #C7703B

triadic

#C73B4C #4CC73B #3B4CC7

tetradic

#C73B4C #92C73B #3BC7B6 #703BC7

square

#C73B4C #92C73B #3BC7B6 #703BC7

split-complementary

#C73B4C #3BC770 #3B92C7

monochromatic

#691E27 #992C39 #C73B4C #D56B77 #E29AA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C73B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C73B4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73B4C

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73B4C	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)

#605C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 59, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.176 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a7d',
    500: '#c73b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73b4c;
$custom-light: #df7a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56237,
    "c": 0.17574,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73B4C

secondary

#90CEC6

accent

#DFCD49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73B4C

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