#CA4245#CA4245

#CA4245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.172 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4245
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 53.86, 28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 61.06, 28.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1583 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.172 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3823, 16.8866, 7.4466)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4245 #42CAC7

analogous

#CA4289 #CA4245 #CA8342

triadic

#CA4245 #45CA42 #4245CA

tetradic

#CA4245 #89CA42 #42CAC7 #8342CA

square

#CA4245 #89CA42 #42CAC7 #8342CA

split-complementary

#CA4245 #42CA83 #4289CA

monochromatic

#722022 #A22D30 #CA4245 #D77274 #E5A2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#CA4245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CA4245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4245

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4245	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.172 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e78',
    500: '#ca4245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4245;
$custom-light: #e27e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57351,
    "c": 0.1722,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4245

secondary

#96D1D0

accent

#DFDC48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4245

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

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