#CA3949#CA3949

#CA3949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.181 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3949
RGB	rgb(202, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 57.53, 24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 62.68, 23.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1707 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.181 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0257, 15.9678, 7.9611)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3949 #39CABA

analogous

#CA3992 #CA3949 #CA7139

triadic

#CA3949 #49CA39 #3949CA

tetradic

#CA3949 #92CA39 #39CABA #7139CA

square

#CA3949 #92CA39 #39CABA #7139CA

split-complementary

#CA3949 #39CA71 #3992CA

monochromatic

#6C1D26 #9C2A36 #CA3949 #D76975 #E49AA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#CA3949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#CA3949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3949

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3949	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.181 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27a7b',
    500: '#ca3949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3949;
$custom-light: #e27a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.379,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56489,
    "c": 0.18082,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3949

secondary

#8FD0C8

accent

#E1D047

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3949

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

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