#CA3E42#CA3E42

#CA3E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.176 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3E42
RGB	rgb(202, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 55.27, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 62.77, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1621 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.176 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0660, 16.3991, 6.8933)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3E42 #3ECAC6

analogous

#CA3E88 #CA3E42 #CA803E

triadic

#CA3E42 #42CA3E #3E42CA

tetradic

#CA3E42 #88CA3E #3ECAC6 #803ECA

square

#CA3E42 #88CA3E #3ECAC6 #803ECA

split-complementary

#CA3E42 #3ECA80 #3E88CA

monochromatic

#6F1F21 #9F2C2F #CA3E42 #D76E71 #E49EA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#CA3E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#CA3E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3E42

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3E42	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.176 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27c76',
    500: '#ca3e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3e42;
$custom-light: #e27c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56871,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3E42

secondary

#93D1CF

accent

#E0DC48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3E42

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

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