#CA4043#CA4043

#CA4043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.174 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4043
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 54.55, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 62.03, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1601 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.174 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2065, 16.6325, 7.0869)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4043 #40CAC7

analogous

#CA4088 #CA4043 #CA8240

triadic

#CA4043 #43CA40 #4043CA

tetradic

#CA4043 #88CA40 #40CAC7 #8240CA

square

#CA4043 #88CA40 #40CAC7 #8240CA

split-complementary

#CA4043 #40CA82 #4088CA

monochromatic

#701F21 #A02C2F #CA4043 #D77072 #E5A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#CA4043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#CA4043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4043

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4043	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.174 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d77',
    500: '#ca4043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4043;
$custom-light: #e27d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.571,
    "c": 0.17441,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4043

secondary

#95D1D0

accent

#E0DD48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4043

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

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