#C73C46#C73C46

#C73C46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C46
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 55.31, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 61.25, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1634 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.175 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2773, 15.8198, 7.4630)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C46 #3CC7BD

analogous

#C73C8C #C73C46 #C7773C

triadic

#C73C46 #46C73C #3C46C7

tetradic

#C73C46 #8CC73C #3CC7BD #773CC7

square

#C73C46 #8CC73C #3CC7BD #773CC7

split-complementary

#C73C46 #3CC777 #3C8CC7

monochromatic

#6A1E24 #9A2C34 #C73C46 #D56C73 #E29BA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C73C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C73C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C46

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C46	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b79',
    500: '#c73c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c46;
$custom-light: #df7b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.683,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56227,
    "c": 0.175,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C46

secondary

#91CECA

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C46

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

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