#C73D49#C73D49

#C73D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.174 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D49
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 55.10, 24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 60.41, 24.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1634 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.174 20)
XYZ	xyz(26.4272, 15.9644, 7.9919)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D49 #3DC7BB

analogous

#C73D8E #C73D49 #C7763D

triadic

#C73D49 #49C73D #3D49C7

tetradic

#C73D49 #8EC73D #3DC7BB #763DC7

square

#C73D49 #8EC73D #3DC7BB #763DC7

split-complementary

#C73D49 #3DC776 #3D8EC7

monochromatic

#6B1F25 #9A2D36 #C73D49 #D56C76 #E29CA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#C73D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C73D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D49

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D49	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)

#625D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.174 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b7b',
    500: '#c73d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d49;
$custom-light: #df7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56386,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.15961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D49

secondary

#91CEC9

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D49

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

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