#CA3E49#CA3E49

#CA3E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.176 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA3E49
RGB	rgb(202, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 55.67, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 61.33, 24.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1648 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.176 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2851, 16.4868, 8.0476)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA3E49 #3ECABF

analogous

#CA3E8F #CA3E49 #CA793E

triadic

#CA3E49 #49CA3E #3E49CA

tetradic

#CA3E49 #8FCA3E #3ECABF #793ECA

square

#CA3E49 #8FCA3E #3ECABF #793ECA

split-complementary

#CA3E49 #3ECA79 #3E8FCA

monochromatic

#6F1F25 #9F2C35 #CA3E49 #D76E76 #E49EA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CA3E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CA3E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA3E49

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA3E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA3E49	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca3e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.176 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c7b',
    500: '#ca3e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca3e49;
$custom-light: #e17c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca3e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56991,
    "c": 0.1759,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA3E49

secondary

#93D1CC

accent

#E0D448

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA3E49

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

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