#C73B59#C73B59

#C73B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.176 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73B59
RGB	rgb(199, 59, 89)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 56.96, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 58.92, 14.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.172 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.176 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9228, 15.9950, 11.1189)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73B59 #3BC7A9

analogous

#C73B9F #C73B59 #C7633B

triadic

#C73B59 #59C73B #3B59C7

tetradic

#C73B59 #9FC73B #3BC7A9 #633BC7

square

#C73B59 #9FC73B #3BC7A9 #633BC7

split-complementary

#C73B59 #3BC763 #3B9FC7

monochromatic

#691E2E #992C43 #C73B59 #D56B81 #E29AAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C73B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C73B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73B59

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73B59	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D91B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 59, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.176 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b87',
    500: '#c73b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73b59;
$custom-light: #de7b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56518,
    "c": 0.17615,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73B59

secondary

#90CEC1

accent

#DFBF49

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73B59

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

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