#CA3848#CA3848

#CA3848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.182 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3848
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 57.83, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 63.12, 23.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1715 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.182 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9438, 15.8567, 7.7715)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3848 #38CABA

analogous

#CA3891 #CA3848 #CA7138

triadic

#CA3848 #48CA38 #3848CA

tetradic

#CA3848 #91CA38 #38CABA #7138CA

square

#CA3848 #91CA38 #38CABA #7138CA

split-complementary

#CA3848 #38CA71 #3891CA

monochromatic

#6B1D25 #9B2936 #CA3848 #D76874 #E499A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#CA3848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#CA3848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3848

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3848	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.182 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2797a',
    500: '#ca3848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3848;
$custom-light: #e2797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.425,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56374,
    "c": 0.1818,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3848

secondary

#8ECFC8

accent

#E1D047

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3848

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

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