#C73E55#C73E55

#C73E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E55
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 57.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 55.52, 17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 58.36, 17.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1668 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.173 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9180, 16.2469, 10.3111)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E55 #3EC7B0

analogous

#C73E99 #C73E55 #C76B3E

triadic

#C73E55 #55C73E #3E55C7

tetradic

#C73E55 #99C73E #3EC7B0 #6B3EC7

square

#C73E55 #99C73E #3EC7B0 #6B3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E55 #3EC76B #3E99C7

monochromatic

#6B1F2C #9B2D3F #C73E55 #D56D7F #E39DA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C73E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C73E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E55

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E55	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D91F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c84',
    500: '#c73e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e55;
$custom-light: #de7c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.927,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56735,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E55

secondary

#92CFC5

accent

#DEC549

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E55

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

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