#CA3C40#CA3C40

#CA3C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.179 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3C40
RGB	rgb(202, 60, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 55.93, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 63.73, 28.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1638 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.179 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9013, 16.1624, 6.5526)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3C40 #3CCAC6

analogous

#CA3C87 #CA3C40 #CA7F3C

triadic

#CA3C40 #40CA3C #3C40CA

tetradic

#CA3C40 #87CA3C #3CCAC6 #7F3CCA

square

#CA3C40 #87CA3C #3CCAC6 #7F3CCA

split-complementary

#CA3C40 #3CCA7F #3C87CA

monochromatic

#6E1E20 #9E2B2E #CA3C40 #D76C6F #E49C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#CA3C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#CA3C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3C40

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3C40	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE0B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 60, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.179 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27b75',
    500: '#ca3c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3c40;
$custom-light: #e27b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.31,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56632,
    "c": 0.1786,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3C40

secondary

#92D0CE

accent

#E1DC47

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3C40

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

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