#CA4042#CA4042

#CA4042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.175 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4042
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 54.49, 30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 62.26, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1597 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.175 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1768, 16.6206, 6.9303)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4042 #40CAC8

analogous

#CA4087 #CA4042 #CA8340

triadic

#CA4042 #42CA40 #4042CA

tetradic

#CA4042 #87CA40 #40CAC8 #8340CA

square

#CA4042 #87CA40 #40CAC8 #8340CA

split-complementary

#CA4042 #40CA83 #4087CA

monochromatic

#701F20 #A02C2E #CA4042 #D77071 #E5A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#CA4042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#CA4042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4042

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4042	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)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.175 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d76',
    500: '#ca4042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4042;
$custom-light: #e27d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57083,
    "c": 0.17453,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4042

secondary

#95D1D0

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4042

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

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