#CA4048#CA4048

#CA4048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.174 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4048
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 72)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 54.83, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 60.98, 25.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.162 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.174 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3630, 16.6951, 7.9113)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4048 #40CAC2

analogous

#CA408D #CA4048 #CA7D40

triadic

#CA4048 #48CA40 #4048CA

tetradic

#CA4048 #8DCA40 #40CAC2 #7D40CA

square

#CA4048 #8DCA40 #40CAC2 #7D40CA

split-complementary

#CA4048 #40CA7D #408DCA

monochromatic

#701F24 #A02C33 #CA4048 #D77076 #E5A0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#CA4048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#CA4048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4048

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4048	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.174 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d7b',
    500: '#ca4048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4048;
$custom-light: #e17d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57185,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4048

secondary

#95D1CE

accent

#E0D748

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4048

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

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