#CA4038#CA4038

#CA4038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.176 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4038
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 54.00, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 64.75, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1561 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.176 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9073, 16.5128, 5.5111)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4038 #38C2CA

analogous

#CA3879 #CA4038 #CA8938

triadic

#CA4038 #38CA40 #4038CA

tetradic

#CA4038 #79CA38 #38C2CA #8938CA

square

#CA4038 #79CA38 #38C2CA #8938CA

split-complementary

#CA4038 #38CA89 #3879CA

monochromatic

#6B211D #9B3029 #CA4038 #D76E68 #E49D99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#CA4038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CA4038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4038

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4038	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE153F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.176 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d6f',
    500: '#ca4038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4038;
$custom-light: #e27d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56936,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4038

secondary

#8ECCCF

accent

#D9E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4038

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

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