#CA3545#CA3545

#CA3545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.185 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3545
RGB	rgb(202, 53, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 58.70, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 64.43, 24.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1737 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.185 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7073, 15.5364, 7.2216)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3545 #35CABA

analogous

#CA3590 #CA3545 #CA6F35

triadic

#CA3545 #45CA35 #3545CA

tetradic

#CA3545 #90CA35 #35CABA #6F35CA

square

#CA3545 #90CA35 #35CABA #6F35CA

split-complementary

#CA3545 #35CA6F #3590CA

monochromatic

#691C24 #9A2834 #CA3545 #D76572 #E3969E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#CA3545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#CA3545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3545

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3545	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 53, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.185 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27878',
    500: '#ca3545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3545;
$custom-light: #e27878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.557,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56042,
    "c": 0.18471,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3545

secondary

#8CCFC8

accent

#E2D146

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3545

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

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