#CA3C27#CA3C27

#CA3C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.182 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3C27
RGB	rgb(202, 60, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, 54.90, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 70.48, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1555 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.182 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3423, 15.9388, 3.6085)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3C27 #27B5CA

analogous

#CA2764 #CA3C27 #CA8E27

triadic

#CA3C27 #27CA3C #3C27CA

tetradic

#CA3C27 #64CA27 #27B5CA #8E27CA

square

#CA3C27 #64CA27 #27B5CA #8E27CA

split-complementary

#CA3C27 #27CA8E #2764CA

monochromatic

#631E13 #972D1D #CA3C27 #DD6351 #E79184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#CA3C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#CA3C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3C27

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3C27	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 60, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.182 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b63',
    500: '#ca3c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3c27;
$custom-light: #e47b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.73,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5632,
    "c": 0.18221,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3C27

secondary

#7CC6D0

accent

#D4EB3D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#180A05

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3C27

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

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