#CA4138#CA4138

#CA4138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.175 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4138
RGB	rgb(202, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 53.60, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 64.52, 33.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1548 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.175 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9642, 16.6266, 5.5300)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4138 #38C1CA

analogous

#CA3878 #CA4138 #CA8A38

triadic

#CA4138 #38CA41 #4138CA

tetradic

#CA4138 #78CA38 #38C1CA #8A38CA

square

#CA4138 #78CA38 #38C1CA #8A38CA

split-complementary

#CA4138 #38CA8A #3878CA

monochromatic

#6B211D #9B3029 #CA4138 #D76F68 #E49D99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#CA4138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#CA4138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4138

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4138	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)

#685E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.175 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d6f',
    500: '#ca4138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4138;
$custom-light: #e27d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.699,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57045,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4138

secondary

#8ECBCF

accent

#D8E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4138

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

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