#C73C44#C73C44

#C73C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C44
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 65.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 55.19, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 61.65, 26.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1627 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.175 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2152, 15.7950, 7.1361)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C44 #3CC7BF

analogous

#C73C89 #C73C44 #C7793C

triadic

#C73C44 #44C73C #3C44C7

tetradic

#C73C44 #89C73C #3CC7BF #793CC7

square

#C73C44 #89C73C #3CC7BF #793CC7

split-complementary

#C73C44 #3CC779 #3C89C7

monochromatic

#6A1E23 #9A2C32 #C73C44 #D56C72 #E29B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C73C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C73C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C44

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C44	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)

#625C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b78',
    500: '#c73c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c44;
$custom-light: #e07b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.547,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56192,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C44

secondary

#91CECB

accent

#DFD649

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C44

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

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