#C73F48#C73F48

#C73F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.172 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73F48
RGB	rgb(199, 63, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 54.26, 25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 60.04, 25.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1605 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.172 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5031, 16.1688, 7.8550)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73F48 #3FC7BE

analogous

#C73F8C #C73F48 #C77A3F

triadic

#C73F48 #48C73F #3F48C7

tetradic

#C73F48 #8CC73F #3FC7BE #7A3FC7

square

#C73F48 #8CC73F #3FC7BE #7A3FC7

split-complementary

#C73F48 #3FC77A #3F8CC7

monochromatic

#6C2025 #9B2D35 #C73F48 #D56E75 #E39EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#C73F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C73F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73F48

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73F48	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 63, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.172 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c7b',
    500: '#c73f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73f48;
$custom-light: #df7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.029,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5658,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73F48

secondary

#93CFCB

accent

#DED44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73F48

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

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