#CA424C#CA424C

#CA424C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.172 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA424C
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 76)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 54.28, 24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 59.66, 24.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.161 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.172 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6126, 16.9787, 8.6593)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA424C #42CAC0

analogous

#CA4290 #CA424C #CA7C42

triadic

#CA424C #4CCA42 #424CCA

tetradic

#CA424C #90CA42 #42CAC0 #7C42CA

square

#CA424C #90CA42 #42CAC0 #7C42CA

split-complementary

#CA424C #42CA7C #4290CA

monochromatic

#722026 #A22D36 #CA424C #D77279 #E5A2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#CA424C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CA424C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA424C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA424C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA424C	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)

#66604B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca424c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.172 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e7e',
    500: '#ca424c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca424c;
$custom-light: #e17e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca424c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57476,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA424C

secondary

#96D1CD

accent

#DFD448

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA424C

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

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