#CA3C3E#CA3C3E

#CA3C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.179 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3C3E
RGB	rgb(202, 60, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 55.82, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 64.20, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1631 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.179 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8454, 16.1400, 6.2583)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3C3E #3CCAC8

analogous

#CA3C85 #CA3C3E #CA813C

triadic

#CA3C3E #3ECA3C #3C3ECA

tetradic

#CA3C3E #85CA3C #3CCAC8 #813CCA

square

#CA3C3E #85CA3C #3CCAC8 #813CCA

split-complementary

#CA3C3E #3CCA81 #3C85CA

monochromatic

#6E1E1F #9E2B2D #CA3C3E #D76C6E #E49C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#CA3C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#CA3C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3C3E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3C3E	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE093E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 60, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.179 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27b73',
    500: '#ca3c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3c3e;
$custom-light: #e27b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.155,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56601,
    "c": 0.17882,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3C3E

secondary

#92D0CF

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3C3E

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

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