#CA4249#CA4249

#CA4249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.172 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4249
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 54.10, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 60.22, 26.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1598 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.172 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5107, 16.9379, 8.1227)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4249 #42CAC3

analogous

#CA428D #CA4249 #CA7F42

triadic

#CA4249 #49CA42 #4249CA

tetradic

#CA4249 #8DCA42 #42CAC3 #7F42CA

square

#CA4249 #8DCA42 #42CAC3 #7F42CA

split-complementary

#CA4249 #42CA7F #428DCA

monochromatic

#722024 #A22D33 #CA4249 #D77277 #E5A2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CA4249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CA4249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4249

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4249	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.172 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e7b',
    500: '#ca4249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4249;
$custom-light: #e17e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.912,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57421,
    "c": 0.17183,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4249

secondary

#96D1CE

accent

#DFD848

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4249

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

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