#C73D45#C73D45

#C73D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.174 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D45
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 54.86, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 61.18, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1618 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.174 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2988, 15.9131, 7.3158)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D45 #3DC7BF

analogous

#C73D8A #C73D45 #C77A3D

triadic

#C73D45 #45C73D #3D45C7

tetradic

#C73D45 #8AC73D #3DC7BF #7A3DC7

square

#C73D45 #8AC73D #3DC7BF #7A3DC7

split-complementary

#C73D45 #3DC77A #3D8AC7

monochromatic

#6B1F23 #9A2D33 #C73D45 #D56C73 #E29CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#C73D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C73D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D45

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D45	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.174 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b78',
    500: '#c73d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d45;
$custom-light: #df7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56313,
    "c": 0.17408,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D45

secondary

#91CECB

accent

#DFD649

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D45

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

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