#C73E52#C73E52

#C73E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E52
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 58.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 55.31, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 58.71, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1657 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.173 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8014, 16.2003, 9.6967)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E52 #3EC7B3

analogous

#C73E96 #C73E52 #C76E3E

triadic

#C73E52 #52C73E #3E52C7

tetradic

#C73E52 #96C73E #3EC7B3 #6E3EC7

square

#C73E52 #96C73E #3EC7B3 #6E3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E52 #3EC76E #3E96C7

monochromatic

#6B1F2A #9B2D3D #C73E52 #D56D7D #E39DA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C73E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C73E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E52

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E52	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c82',
    500: '#c73e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e52;
$custom-light: #df7c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.241,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5667,
    "c": 0.1726,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E52

secondary

#92CFC6

accent

#DEC949

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E52

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

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