#C73E49#C73E49

#C73E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.173 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E49
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 54.72, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 60.13, 24.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1621 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.173 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4811, 16.0722, 8.0099)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E49 #3EC7BC

analogous

#C73E8D #C73E49 #C7773E

triadic

#C73E49 #49C73E #3E49C7

tetradic

#C73E49 #8DC73E #3EC7BC #773EC7

square

#C73E49 #8DC73E #3EC7BC #773EC7

split-complementary

#C73E49 #3EC777 #3E8DC7

monochromatic

#6B1F25 #9B2D36 #C73E49 #D56D76 #E39DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#C73E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#C73E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E49

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E49	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.173 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c7b',
    500: '#c73e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e49;
$custom-light: #df7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.182,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56491,
    "c": 0.1728,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E49

secondary

#92CFCA

accent

#DED249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E49

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

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