#CA4140#CA4140

#CA4140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.174 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4140
RGB	rgb(202, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 53.99, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 62.47, 30.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1577 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.174 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1757, 16.7112, 6.6441)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4140 #40C9CA

analogous

#CA4084 #CA4140 #CA8640

triadic

#CA4140 #40CA41 #4140CA

tetradic

#CA4140 #84CA40 #40C9CA #8640CA

square

#CA4140 #84CA40 #40C9CA #8640CA

split-complementary

#CA4140 #40CA86 #4084CA

monochromatic

#70201F #A02D2C #CA4140 #D77170 #E5A0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#CA4140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#CA4140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4140

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4140	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)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.174 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e75',
    500: '#ca4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4140;
$custom-light: #e27e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.435,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5716,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4140

secondary

#95D1D1

accent

#DFE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4140

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

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