#CA4248#CA4248

#CA4248 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.172 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4248
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 72)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 54.04, 27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 60.43, 26.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1594 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.172 22)
XYZ	xyz(27.4778, 16.9247, 7.9495)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4248 #42CAC4

analogous

#CA428C #CA4248 #CA8042

triadic

#CA4248 #48CA42 #4248CA

tetradic

#CA4248 #8CCA42 #42CAC4 #8042CA

square

#CA4248 #8CCA42 #42CAC4 #8042CA

split-complementary

#CA4248 #42CA80 #428CCA

monochromatic

#722023 #A22D32 #CA4248 #D77276 #E5A2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CA4248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CA4248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4248

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4248	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.172 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e7b',
    500: '#ca4248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4248;
$custom-light: #e17e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57403,
    "c": 0.17192,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.16921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4248

secondary

#96D1CF

accent

#DFD948

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4248

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

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