#C73F45#C73F45

#C73F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.172 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73F45
RGB	rgb(199, 63, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 54.08, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 60.64, 26.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1594 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.172 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4076, 16.1306, 7.3520)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73F45 #3FC7C1

analogous

#C73F89 #C73F45 #C77D3F

triadic

#C73F45 #45C73F #3F45C7

tetradic

#C73F45 #89C73F #3FC7C1 #7D3FC7

square

#C73F45 #89C73F #3FC7C1 #7D3FC7

split-complementary

#C73F45 #3FC77D #3F89C7

monochromatic

#6C2023 #9B2D32 #C73F45 #D56E73 #E39EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C73F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C73F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73F45

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73F45	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 63, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.172 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c78',
    500: '#c73f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73f45;
$custom-light: #df7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56526,
    "c": 0.17208,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73F45

secondary

#93CFCC

accent

#DED84A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73F45

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

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