#CA4040#CA4040

#CA4040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.175 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4040
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 54.39, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 62.72, 29.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1589 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.175 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1188, 16.5974, 6.6251)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4040 #40CACA

analogous

#CA4085 #CA4040 #CA8540

triadic

#CA4040 #40CA40 #4040CA

tetradic

#CA4040 #85CA40 #40CACA #8540CA

square

#CA4040 #85CA40 #40CACA #8540CA

split-complementary

#CA4040 #40CA85 #4085CA

monochromatic

#701F1F #A02C2C #CA4040 #D77070 #E5A0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#CA4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#CA4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4040

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4040	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.175 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d75',
    500: '#ca4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4040;
$custom-light: #e27d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57052,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4040

secondary

#95D1D1

accent

#E0E048

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4040

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

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