#C73E44#C73E44

#C73E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.173 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E44
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 65.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 54.42, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 61.12, 27.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1602 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.173 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3219, 16.0085, 7.1717)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E44 #3EC7C1

analogous

#C73E88 #C73E44 #C77C3E

triadic

#C73E44 #44C73E #3E44C7

tetradic

#C73E44 #88C73E #3EC7C1 #7C3EC7

square

#C73E44 #88C73E #3EC7C1 #7C3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E44 #3EC77C #3E88C7

monochromatic

#6B1F23 #9B2D32 #C73E44 #D56D72 #E39DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C73E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C73E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E44

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E44	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.173 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c78',
    500: '#c73e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e44;
$custom-light: #df7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.372,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56402,
    "c": 0.17317,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E44

secondary

#92CFCC

accent

#DED849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E44

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

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