#CA3842#CA3842

#CA3842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.182 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3842
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 57.49, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 64.29, 26.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1692 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.182 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7576, 15.7822, 6.7905)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3842 #38CAC0

analogous

#CA388B #CA3842 #CA7738

triadic

#CA3842 #42CA38 #3842CA

tetradic

#CA3842 #8BCA38 #38CAC0 #7738CA

square

#CA3842 #8BCA38 #38CAC0 #7738CA

split-complementary

#CA3842 #38CA77 #388BCA

monochromatic

#6B1D22 #9B2931 #CA3842 #D76870 #E4999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#CA3842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#CA3842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3842

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3842	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.182 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27976',
    500: '#ca3842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3842;
$custom-light: #e27976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.89,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56269,
    "c": 0.18215,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3842

secondary

#8ECFCB

accent

#E1D747

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3842

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

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