#C73C52#C73C52

#C73C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.175 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C52
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 82)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 58.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 56.07, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 59.32, 19.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1681 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.175 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6946, 15.9868, 9.6611)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C52 #3CC7B1

analogous

#C73C97 #C73C52 #C76C3C

triadic

#C73C52 #52C73C #3C52C7

tetradic

#C73C52 #97C73C #3CC7B1 #6C3CC7

square

#C73C52 #97C73C #3CC7B1 #6C3CC7

split-complementary

#C73C52 #3CC76C #3C97C7

monochromatic

#6A1E2A #9A2C3D #C73C52 #D56C7C #E29BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C73C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C73C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C52

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C52	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.175 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b82',
    500: '#c73c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c52;
$custom-light: #df7b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.504,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56462,
    "c": 0.17471,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C52

secondary

#91CEC4

accent

#DFC749

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C52

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

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