#C73E41#C73E41

#C73E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.173 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E41
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 65)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 54.25, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 61.78, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.1591 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.173 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2327, 15.9728, 6.7017)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E41 #3EC7C4

analogous

#C73E85 #C73E41 #C77F3E

triadic

#C73E41 #41C73E #3E41C7

tetradic

#C73E41 #85C73E #3EC7C4 #7F3EC7

square

#C73E41 #85C73E #3EC7C4 #7F3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E41 #3EC77F #3E85C7

monochromatic

#6B1F21 #9B2D2F #C73E41 #D56D70 #E39D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#C73E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C73E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E41

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E41	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)

#645D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.173 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c75',
    500: '#c73e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e41;
$custom-light: #e07c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56352,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E41

secondary

#92CFCD

accent

#DEDB49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E41

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

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