#CA423E#CA423E

#CA423E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.173 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA423E
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 62)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 53.49, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 62.71, 31.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1557 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.173 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1777, 16.8047, 6.3690)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA423E #3EC6CA

analogous

#CA3E80 #CA423E #CA883E

triadic

#CA423E #3ECA42 #423ECA

tetradic

#CA423E #80CA3E #3EC6CA #883ECA

square

#CA423E #80CA3E #3EC6CA #883ECA

split-complementary

#CA423E #3ECA88 #3E80CA

monochromatic

#6F211F #9F2F2C #CA423E #D7716E #E4A09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#CA423E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#CA423E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA423E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA423E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA423E	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca423e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.173 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e73',
    500: '#ca423e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca423e;
$custom-light: #e27e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca423e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5724,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA423E

secondary

#93CFD1

accent

#DCE048

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA423E

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

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