#CA4240#CA4240

#CA4240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.173 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4240
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 53.59, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 62.21, 30.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1564 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.173 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2336, 16.8271, 6.6634)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4240 #40C8CA

analogous

#CA4083 #CA4240 #CA8740

triadic

#CA4240 #40CA42 #4240CA

tetradic

#CA4240 #83CA40 #40C8CA #8740CA

square

#CA4240 #83CA40 #40C8CA #8740CA

split-complementary

#CA4240 #40CA87 #4083CA

monochromatic

#70201F #A02E2C #CA4240 #D77170 #E5A1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#CA4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#CA4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4240

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4240	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.173 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e75',
    500: '#ca4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4240;
$custom-light: #e27e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57271,
    "c": 0.1728,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4240

secondary

#95D0D1

accent

#DEE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4240

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

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