#C73C55#C73C55

#C73C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.175 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73C55
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 57.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 56.29, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 58.97, 17.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1693 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.175 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8113, 16.0334, 10.2755)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73C55 #3CC7AE

analogous

#C73C9A #C73C55 #C7693C

triadic

#C73C55 #55C73C #3C55C7

tetradic

#C73C55 #9AC73C #3CC7AE #693CC7

square

#C73C55 #9AC73C #3CC7AE #693CC7

split-complementary

#C73C55 #3CC769 #3C9AC7

monochromatic

#6A1E2C #9A2C40 #C73C55 #D56C7E #E29BA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#C73C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#C73C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73C55

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73C55	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D91B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.175 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b84',
    500: '#c73c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73c55;
$custom-light: #df7b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.209,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56527,
    "c": 0.17481,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73C55

secondary

#91CEC3

accent

#DFC449

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73C55

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

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