#C73E51#C73E51

#C73E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.173 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E51
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 81)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 55.24, 20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 58.85, 20.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1653 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.173 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7636, 16.1852, 9.4977)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E51 #3EC7B4

analogous

#C73E95 #C73E51 #C76F3E

triadic

#C73E51 #51C73E #3E51C7

tetradic

#C73E51 #95C73E #3EC7B4 #6F3EC7

square

#C73E51 #95C73E #3EC7B4 #6F3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E51 #3EC76F #3E95C7

monochromatic

#6B1F2A #9B2D3C #C73E51 #D56D7C #E39DA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#C73E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C73E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E51

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E51	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.173 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c81',
    500: '#c73e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e51;
$custom-light: #df7c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.679,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56649,
    "c": 0.17259,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E51

secondary

#92CFC6

accent

#DECA49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E51

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

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