#CA3E45#CA3E45

#CA3E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.176 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3E45
RGB	rgb(202, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 55.44, 28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 62.12, 26.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1633 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.176 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1568, 16.4354, 7.3714)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3E45 #3ECAC3

analogous

#CA3E8B #CA3E45 #CA7D3E

triadic

#CA3E45 #45CA3E #3E45CA

tetradic

#CA3E45 #8BCA3E #3ECAC3 #7D3ECA

square

#CA3E45 #8BCA3E #3ECAC3 #7D3ECA

split-complementary

#CA3E45 #3ECA7D #3E8BCA

monochromatic

#6F1F23 #9F2C31 #CA3E45 #D76E73 #E49EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#CA3E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#CA3E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3E45

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3E45	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.176 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27c78',
    500: '#ca3e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3e45;
$custom-light: #e27c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56921,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3E45

secondary

#93D1CE

accent

#E0D948

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3E45

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

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