#C73E56#C73E56

#C73E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.173 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73E56
RGB	rgb(199, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 55.59, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 58.25, 17.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1672 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.173 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9581, 16.2629, 10.5218)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73E56 #3EC7AF

analogous

#C73E9A #C73E56 #C76A3E

triadic

#C73E56 #56C73E #3E56C7

tetradic

#C73E56 #9AC73E #3EC7AF #6A3EC7

square

#C73E56 #9AC73E #3EC7AF #6A3EC7

split-complementary

#C73E56 #3EC76A #3E9AC7

monochromatic

#6B1F2D #9B2D40 #C73E56 #D56D80 #E39DA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C73E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C73E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73E56

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73E56	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)

#615E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D91F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.173 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c85',
    500: '#c73e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73e56;
$custom-light: #de7c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.489,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56757,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73E56

secondary

#92CFC4

accent

#DEC449

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73E56

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

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