#CA3E40#CA3E40

#CA3E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.177 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3E40
RGB	rgb(202, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 55.17, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 63.23, 29.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1614 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.177 24)
XYZ	xyz(27.0081, 16.3759, 6.5882)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3E40 #3ECAC8

analogous

#CA3E86 #CA3E40 #CA823E

triadic

#CA3E40 #40CA3E #3E40CA

tetradic

#CA3E40 #86CA3E #3ECAC8 #823ECA

square

#CA3E40 #86CA3E #3ECAC8 #823ECA

split-complementary

#CA3E40 #3ECA82 #3E86CA

monochromatic

#6F1F20 #9F2C2D #CA3E40 #D76E70 #E49E9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#CA3E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CA3E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3E40

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3E40	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.177 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27c75',
    500: '#ca3e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3e40;
$custom-light: #e27c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56839,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3E40

secondary

#93D1D0

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3E40

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

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