#C73D40#C73D40

#C73D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.175 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D40
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 54.59, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 62.26, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1599 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.175 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1501, 15.8536, 6.5326)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D40 #3DC7C4

analogous

#C73D85 #C73D40 #C77F3D

triadic

#C73D40 #40C73D #3D40C7

tetradic

#C73D40 #85C73D #3DC7C4 #7F3DC7

square

#C73D40 #85C73D #3DC7C4 #7F3DC7

split-complementary

#C73D40 #3DC77F #3D85C7

monochromatic

#6B1F20 #9A2D2F #C73D40 #D56C6F #E29C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C73D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C73D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D40

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D40	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.175 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b75',
    500: '#c73d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d40;
$custom-light: #e07b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5623,
    "c": 0.17455,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D40

secondary

#91CECD

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D40

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

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