#CA3B42#CA3B42

#CA3B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.179 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3B42
RGB	rgb(202, 59, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 56.40, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 63.54, 27.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1657 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.179 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9073, 16.0818, 6.8405)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3B42 #3BCAC3

analogous

#CA3B89 #CA3B42 #CA7B3B

triadic

#CA3B42 #42CA3B #3B42CA

tetradic

#CA3B42 #89CA3B #3BCAC3 #7B3BCA

square

#CA3B42 #89CA3B #3BCAC3 #7B3BCA

split-complementary

#CA3B42 #3BCA7B #3B89CA

monochromatic

#6D1E21 #9D2B30 #CA3B42 #D76B70 #E49B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#CA3B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#CA3B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3B42

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3B42	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE083F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 59, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.179 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27b76',
    500: '#ca3b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3b42;
$custom-light: #e27b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.063,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56563,
    "c": 0.17935,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3B42

secondary

#91D0CD

accent

#E1D947

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3B42

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

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