#C73C53#C73C53

#C73C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.175 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C53
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 58.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 56.14, 18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 59.19, 18.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1685 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.175 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7330, 16.0021, 9.8630)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C53 #3CC7B0

analogous

#C73C98 #C73C53 #C76A3C

triadic

#C73C53 #53C73C #3C53C7

tetradic

#C73C53 #98C73C #3CC7B0 #6A3CC7

square

#C73C53 #98C73C #3CC7B0 #6A3CC7

split-complementary

#C73C53 #3CC76A #3C98C7

monochromatic

#6A1E2B #9A2C3E #C73C53 #D56C7D #E29BA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C73C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C73C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C53

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C53	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)

#605D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.175 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b83',
    500: '#c73c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c53;
$custom-light: #df7b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.072,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56483,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C53

secondary

#91CEC4

accent

#DFC649

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C53

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

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