#CA3542#CA3542

#CA3542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.185 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3542
RGB	rgb(202, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 58.54, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 65.02, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1725 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.185 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6165, 15.5001, 6.7435)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3542 #35CABD

analogous

#CA358D #CA3542 #CA7235

triadic

#CA3542 #42CA35 #3542CA

tetradic

#CA3542 #8DCA35 #35CABD #7235CA

square

#CA3542 #8DCA35 #35CABD #7235CA

split-complementary

#CA3542 #35CA72 #358DCA

monochromatic

#691C22 #9A2832 #CA3542 #D7656F #E3969D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#CA3542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#CA3542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3542

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3542	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.185 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27876',
    500: '#ca3542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3542;
$custom-light: #e27876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.765,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5599,
    "c": 0.18487,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3542

secondary

#8CCFC9

accent

#E2D446

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3542

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

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