#CA3938#CA3938

#CA3938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.182 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3938
RGB	rgb(202, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 56.65, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 66.40, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1644 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.182 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5370, 15.7723, 5.3877)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3938 #38C9CA

analogous

#CA3880 #CA3938 #CA8238

triadic

#CA3938 #38CA39 #3938CA

tetradic

#CA3938 #80CA38 #38C9CA #8238CA

square

#CA3938 #80CA38 #38C9CA #8238CA

split-complementary

#CA3938 #38CA82 #3880CA

monochromatic

#6B1D1D #9B2A29 #CA3938 #D76968 #E49999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#CA3938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#CA3938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3938

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3938	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.182 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3796f',
    500: '#ca3938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3938;
$custom-light: #e3796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.411,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56214,
    "c": 0.18227,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3938

secondary

#8ECFCF

accent

#E0E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3938

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

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