#C73E53#C73E53

#C73E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E53
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 58.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 55.38, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 58.59, 19.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1661 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.173 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8397, 16.2156, 9.8986)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E53 #3EC7B2

analogous

#C73E97 #C73E53 #C76D3E

triadic

#C73E53 #53C73E #3E53C7

tetradic

#C73E53 #97C73E #3EC7B2 #6D3EC7

square

#C73E53 #97C73E #3EC7B2 #6D3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E53 #3EC76D #3E97C7

monochromatic

#6B1F2B #9B2D3E #C73E53 #D56D7D #E39DA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C73E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C73E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E53

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E53	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)

#615E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c83',
    500: '#c73e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e53;
$custom-light: #df7c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.803,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56691,
    "c": 0.17261,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E53

secondary

#92CFC5

accent

#DEC849

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E53

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

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