#C73C43#C73C43

#C73C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C43
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 55.13, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 61.86, 26.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1623 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.175 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1849, 15.7829, 6.9767)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C43 #3CC7C0

analogous

#C73C89 #C73C43 #C77A3C

triadic

#C73C43 #43C73C #3C43C7

tetradic

#C73C43 #89C73C #3CC7C0 #7A3CC7

square

#C73C43 #89C73C #3CC7C0 #7A3CC7

split-complementary

#C73C43 #3CC77A #3C89C7

monochromatic

#6A1E22 #9A2C32 #C73C43 #D56C71 #E29B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C73C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C73C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C43

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C43	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)

#625C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b77',
    500: '#c73c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c43;
$custom-light: #e07b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.978,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56175,
    "c": 0.17523,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C43

secondary

#91CECB

accent

#DFD749

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C43

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

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