#C73D48#C73D48

#C73D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.174 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D48
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 55.04, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 60.59, 24.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.163 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.174 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3943, 15.9513, 7.8187)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D48 #3DC7BC

analogous

#C73D8D #C73D48 #C7773D

triadic

#C73D48 #48C73D #3D48C7

tetradic

#C73D48 #8DC73D #3DC7BC #773DC7

square

#C73D48 #8DC73D #3DC7BC #773DC7

split-complementary

#C73D48 #3DC777 #3D8DC7

monochromatic

#6B1F25 #9A2D35 #C73D48 #D56C75 #E29CA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#C73D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C73D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D48

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D48	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.174 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b7b',
    500: '#c73d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d48;
$custom-light: #df7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56367,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D48

secondary

#91CECA

accent

#DFD349

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D48

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

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