#CA3C38#CA3C38

#CA3C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.180 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3C38
RGB	rgb(202, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 55.54, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 65.70, 32.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1609 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.18 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6898, 16.0778, 5.4386)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3C38 #38C6CA

analogous

#CA387D #CA3C38 #CA8538

triadic

#CA3C38 #38CA3C #3C38CA

tetradic

#CA3C38 #7DCA38 #38C6CA #8538CA

square

#CA3C38 #7DCA38 #38C6CA #8538CA

split-complementary

#CA3C38 #38CA85 #387DCA

monochromatic

#6B1F1D #9B2D29 #CA3C38 #D76B68 #E49B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#CA3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#CA3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3C38

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3C38	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE053D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.180 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37b6f',
    500: '#ca3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3c38;
$custom-light: #e37b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56514,
    "c": 0.17958,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3C38

secondary

#8ECECF

accent

#DDE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3C38

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

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