#C73D43#C73D43

#C73D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.174 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D43
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 54.75, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 61.60, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1611 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.174 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2378, 15.8886, 6.9943)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D43 #3DC7C1

analogous

#C73D88 #C73D43 #C77C3D

triadic

#C73D43 #43C73D #3D43C7

tetradic

#C73D43 #88C73D #3DC7C1 #7C3DC7

square

#C73D43 #88C73D #3DC7C1 #7C3DC7

split-complementary

#C73D43 #3DC77C #3D88C7

monochromatic

#6B1F22 #9A2D31 #C73D43 #D56C71 #E29C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#C73D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C73D43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D43

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D43	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.174 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b77',
    500: '#c73d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d43;
$custom-light: #e07b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56279,
    "c": 0.17425,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D43

secondary

#91CECC

accent

#DFD849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D43

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

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