#CA4238#CA4238

#CA4238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.174 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4238
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 53.20, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 64.28, 34.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1535 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.174 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0221, 16.7425, 5.5494)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4238 #38C0CA

analogous

#CA3877 #CA4238 #CA8B38

triadic

#CA4238 #38CA42 #4238CA

tetradic

#CA4238 #77CA38 #38C0CA #8B38CA

square

#CA4238 #77CA38 #38C0CA #8B38CA

split-complementary

#CA4238 #38CA8B #3877CA

monochromatic

#6B221D #9B3129 #CA4238 #D77068 #E49E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#CA4238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#CA4238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4238

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4238	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)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.174 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e6f',
    500: '#ca4238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4238;
$custom-light: #e27e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.11,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57156,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4238

secondary

#8ECBCF

accent

#D7E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4238

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

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