#C73C41#C73C41

#C73C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.175 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C41
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 55.02, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 62.29, 27.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1615 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.175 23)
XYZ	xyz(26.1260, 15.7593, 6.6662)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C41 #3CC7C2

analogous

#C73C86 #C73C41 #C77C3C

triadic

#C73C41 #41C73C #3C41C7

tetradic

#C73C41 #86C73C #3CC7C2 #7C3CC7

square

#C73C41 #86C73C #3CC7C2 #7C3CC7

split-complementary

#C73C41 #3CC77C #3C86C7

monochromatic

#6A1E21 #9A2C30 #C73C41 #D56C6F #E29B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C73C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C73C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C41

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C41	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA103F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.175 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b75',
    500: '#c73c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c41;
$custom-light: #e07b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.842,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56141,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.15755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C41

secondary

#91CECC

accent

#DFD949

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C41

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

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