#C73E48#C73E48

#C73E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.173 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E48
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 54.65, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 60.32, 25.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1618 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.173 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4482, 16.0590, 7.8367)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E48 #3EC7BD

analogous

#C73E8C #C73E48 #C7783E

triadic

#C73E48 #48C73E #3E48C7

tetradic

#C73E48 #8CC73E #3EC7BD #783EC7

square

#C73E48 #8CC73E #3EC7BD #783EC7

split-complementary

#C73E48 #3EC778 #3E8CC7

monochromatic

#6B1F25 #9B2D35 #C73E48 #D56D75 #E39DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#C73E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#C73E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E48

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E48	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.173 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c7b',
    500: '#c73e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e48;
$custom-light: #df7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.62,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56473,
    "c": 0.17287,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E48

secondary

#92CFCA

accent

#DED349

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E48

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

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