#CA3C45#CA3C45

#CA3C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.178 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3C45
RGB	rgb(202, 60, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 56.20, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 62.65, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1657 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.178 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0500, 16.2219, 7.3359)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3C45 #3CCAC1

analogous

#CA3C8C #CA3C45 #CA7A3C

triadic

#CA3C45 #45CA3C #3C45CA

tetradic

#CA3C45 #8CCA3C #3CCAC1 #7A3CCA

square

#CA3C45 #8CCA3C #3CCAC1 #7A3CCA

split-complementary

#CA3C45 #3CCA7A #3C8CCA

monochromatic

#6E1E23 #9E2B32 #CA3C45 #D76C73 #E49CA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#CA3C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#CA3C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3C45

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3C45	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE0E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 60, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.178 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27b78',
    500: '#ca3c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3c45;
$custom-light: #e27b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.197,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56715,
    "c": 0.17814,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3C45

secondary

#92D0CC

accent

#E1D747

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3C45

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

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