#CA3A38#CA3A38

#CA3A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.181 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3A38
RGB	rgb(202, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 56.28, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 66.16, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1633 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.181 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5870, 15.8722, 5.4043)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3A38 #38C8CA

analogous

#CA387F #CA3A38 #CA8338

triadic

#CA3A38 #38CA3A #3A38CA

tetradic

#CA3A38 #7FCA38 #38C8CA #8338CA

square

#CA3A38 #7FCA38 #38C8CA #8338CA

split-complementary

#CA3A38 #38CA83 #387FCA

monochromatic

#6B1E1D #9B2B29 #CA3A38 #D76A68 #E49A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#CA3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#CA3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3A38

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3A38	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.181 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a6f',
    500: '#ca3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3a38;
$custom-light: #e37a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.822,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56312,
    "c": 0.18138,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3A38

secondary

#8ECECF

accent

#DFE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3A38

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

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