#C73C42#C73C42

#C73C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C42
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 55.08, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 62.07, 27.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1619 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.175 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1552, 15.7710, 6.8201)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C42 #3CC7C1

analogous

#C73C87 #C73C42 #C77B3C

triadic

#C73C42 #42C73C #3C42C7

tetradic

#C73C42 #87C73C #3CC7C1 #7B3CC7

square

#C73C42 #87C73C #3CC7C1 #7B3CC7

split-complementary

#C73C42 #3CC77B #3C87C7

monochromatic

#6A1E22 #9A2C31 #C73C42 #D56C70 #E29B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C73C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C73C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C42

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C42	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)

#625C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b76',
    500: '#c73c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c42;
$custom-light: #e07b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.41,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56158,
    "c": 0.17532,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C42

secondary

#91CECC

accent

#DFD849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C42

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

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