#CA3232#CA3232

#CA3232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.189 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3232
RGB	rgb(202, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 75.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 58.80, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 69.48, 32.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.17 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.189 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0765, 15.0721, 4.5532)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3232 #32CACA

analogous

#CA327E #CA3232 #CA7E32

triadic

#CA3232 #32CA32 #3232CA

tetradic

#CA3232 #7ECA32 #32CACA #7E32CA

square

#CA3232 #7ECA32 #32CACA #7E32CA

split-complementary

#CA3232 #32CA7E #327ECA

monochromatic

#681A1A #992626 #CA3232 #D86161 #E49292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#CA3232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#CA3232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3232

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3232	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.189 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3766a',
    500: '#ca3232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3232;
$custom-light: #e3766a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55488,
    "c": 0.18894,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3232

secondary

#89CFCF

accent

#E3E344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3232

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

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