#C73C45#C73C45

#C73C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C45
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 55.25, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 61.45, 25.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1631 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.175 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2460, 15.8073, 7.2982)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C45 #3CC7BE

analogous

#C73C8A #C73C45 #C7783C

triadic

#C73C45 #45C73C #3C45C7

tetradic

#C73C45 #8AC73C #3CC7BE #783CC7

square

#C73C45 #8AC73C #3CC7BE #783CC7

split-complementary

#C73C45 #3CC778 #3C8AC7

monochromatic

#6A1E23 #9A2C33 #C73C45 #D56C72 #E29BA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C73C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C73C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C45

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C45	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)

#625C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b78',
    500: '#c73c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c45;
$custom-light: #df7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.115,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56209,
    "c": 0.17507,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C45

secondary

#91CECA

accent

#DFD549

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C45

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

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