#CA3843#CA3843

#CA3843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.182 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3843
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 57.55, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 64.08, 26.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1696 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.182 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7873, 15.7941, 6.9472)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3843 #38CABF

analogous

#CA388C #CA3843 #CA7638

triadic

#CA3843 #43CA38 #3843CA

tetradic

#CA3843 #8CCA38 #38CABF #7638CA

square

#CA3843 #8CCA38 #38CABF #7638CA

split-complementary

#CA3843 #38CA76 #388CCA

monochromatic

#6B1D22 #9B2932 #CA3843 #D76871 #E4999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#CA3843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#CA3843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3843

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3843	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)

#615B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.182 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27977',
    500: '#ca3843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3843;
$custom-light: #e27977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.479,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56286,
    "c": 0.18208,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3843

secondary

#8ECFCA

accent

#E1D647

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3843

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

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