#CA424B#CA424B

#CA424B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.172 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA424B
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 54.22, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 59.84, 25.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1606 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.172 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5781, 16.9649, 8.4776)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA424B #42CAC1

analogous

#CA428F #CA424B #CA7D42

triadic

#CA424B #4BCA42 #424BCA

tetradic

#CA424B #8FCA42 #42CAC1 #7D42CA

square

#CA424B #8FCA42 #42CAC1 #7D42CA

split-complementary

#CA424B #42CA7D #428FCA

monochromatic

#722025 #A22D35 #CA424B #D77279 #E5A2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#CA424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CA424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA424B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA424B	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66604A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.172 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e7d',
    500: '#ca424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca424b;
$custom-light: #e17e7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57457,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA424B

secondary

#96D1CE

accent

#DFD548

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA424B

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

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