#C73F49#C73F49

#C73F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.172 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73F49
RGB	rgb(199, 63, 73)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 54.32, 25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 59.85, 24.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1609 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.172 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5360, 16.1819, 8.0282)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73F49 #3FC7BD

analogous

#C73F8D #C73F49 #C7793F

triadic

#C73F49 #49C73F #3F49C7

tetradic

#C73F49 #8DC73F #3FC7BD #793FC7

square

#C73F49 #8DC73F #3FC7BD #793FC7

split-complementary

#C73F49 #3FC779 #3F8DC7

monochromatic

#6C2025 #9B2D35 #C73F49 #D56E76 #E39EA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#C73F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C73F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C73F49

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C73F49	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA1C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 63, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.172 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c7b',
    500: '#c73f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73f49;
$custom-light: #df7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56598,
    "c": 0.17178,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73F49

secondary

#93CFCA

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73F49

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

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