#C73E45#C73E45

#C73E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.173 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E45
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 54.48, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 60.91, 26.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1606 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.173 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3527, 16.0208, 7.3338)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E45 #3EC7C0

analogous

#C73E89 #C73E45 #C77B3E

triadic

#C73E45 #45C73E #3E45C7

tetradic

#C73E45 #89C73E #3EC7C0 #7B3EC7

square

#C73E45 #89C73E #3EC7C0 #7B3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E45 #3EC77B #3E89C7

monochromatic

#6B1F23 #9B2D33 #C73E45 #D56D73 #E39DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C73E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C73E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E45

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E45	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)

#635D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.173 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c78',
    500: '#c73e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e45;
$custom-light: #df7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56419,
    "c": 0.17309,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E45

secondary

#92CFCC

accent

#DED749

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E45

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

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