#C73E50#C73E50

#C73E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.173 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E50
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 55.17, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 58.99, 20.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1649 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.173 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7264, 16.1703, 9.3017)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E50 #3EC7B5

analogous

#C73E94 #C73E50 #C7703E

triadic

#C73E50 #50C73E #3E50C7

tetradic

#C73E50 #94C73E #3EC7B5 #703EC7

square

#C73E50 #94C73E #3EC7B5 #703EC7

split-complementary

#C73E50 #3EC770 #3E94C7

monochromatic

#6B1F29 #9B2D3B #C73E50 #D56D7B #E39DA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#C73E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C73E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E50

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E50	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.173 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c80',
    500: '#c73e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e50;
$custom-light: #df7c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.117,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56628,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E50

secondary

#92CFC7

accent

#DECB49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E50

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

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