#CA3C39#CA3C39

#CA3C39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.179 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3C39
RGB	rgb(202, 60, 57)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 55.58, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 65.44, 31.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1613 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.179 26)
XYZ	xyz(26.7145, 16.0877, 5.5687)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3C39 #39C7CA

analogous

#CA397F #CA3C39 #CA8439

triadic

#CA3C39 #39CA3C #3C39CA

tetradic

#CA3C39 #7FCA39 #39C7CA #8439CA

square

#CA3C39 #7FCA39 #39C7CA #8439CA

split-complementary

#CA3C39 #39CA84 #397FCA

monochromatic

#6C1E1D #9C2C2A #CA3C39 #D76C69 #E49B9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#CA3C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#CA3C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3C39

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3C39	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)

#655C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE063D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 60, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.179 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27b70',
    500: '#ca3c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3c39;
$custom-light: #e27b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.241,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56528,
    "c": 0.17944,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.16084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3C39

secondary

#8FCED0

accent

#DEE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3C39

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

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