#C73D59#C73D59

#C73D59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.174 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73D59
RGB	rgb(199, 61, 89)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 56.20, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 58.29, 15.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1696 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.174 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0276, 16.2046, 11.1538)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73D59 #3DC7AB

analogous

#C73D9E #C73D59 #C7663D

triadic

#C73D59 #59C73D #3D59C7

tetradic

#C73D59 #9EC73D #3DC7AB #663DC7

square

#C73D59 #9EC73D #3DC7AB #663DC7

split-complementary

#C73D59 #3DC766 #3D9EC7

monochromatic

#6B1F2E #9A2D43 #C73D59 #D56C82 #E29CAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C73D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C73D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73D59

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73D59	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D91F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 61, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.174 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c87',
    500: '#c73d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73d59;
$custom-light: #de7c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56721,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73D59

secondary

#91CEC2

accent

#DFC049

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73D59

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

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