#CA4142#CA4142

#CA4142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.174 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4142
RGB	rgb(202, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(360, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 54.10, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 62.00, 29.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1584 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.174 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2337, 16.7344, 6.9492)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4142 #41CAC9

analogous

#CA4187 #CA4142 #CA8541

triadic

#CA4142 #42CA41 #4142CA

tetradic

#CA4142 #87CA41 #41CAC9 #8541CA

square

#CA4142 #87CA41 #41CAC9 #8541CA

split-complementary

#CA4142 #41CA85 #4187CA

monochromatic

#712020 #A12D2E #CA4142 #D77172 #E5A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#CA4142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#CA4142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4142

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4142	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.174 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e76',
    500: '#ca4142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4142;
$custom-light: #e27e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.562,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57192,
    "c": 0.17353,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4142

secondary

#96D1D1

accent

#E0DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4142

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

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