#CA4243#CA4243

#CA4243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.172 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4243
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(360, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 53.75, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 61.51, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1575 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.172 24)
XYZ	xyz(27.3213, 16.8621, 7.1252)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4243 #42CAC9

analogous

#CA4287 #CA4243 #CA8542

triadic

#CA4243 #43CA42 #4243CA

tetradic

#CA4243 #87CA42 #42CAC9 #8542CA

square

#CA4243 #87CA42 #42CAC9 #8542CA

split-complementary

#CA4243 #42CA85 #4287CA

monochromatic

#722020 #A22D2E #CA4243 #D77273 #E5A2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#CA4243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#CA4243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4243

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4243	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.172 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e77',
    500: '#ca4243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4243;
$custom-light: #e27e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57318,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4243

secondary

#96D1D1

accent

#DFDE48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4243

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

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