#CA424E#CA424E

#CA424E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.172 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA424E
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 54.41, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 59.30, 23.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1618 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.172 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6832, 17.0069, 9.0312)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA424E #42CABE

analogous

#CA4292 #CA424E #CA7A42

triadic

#CA424E #4ECA42 #424ECA

tetradic

#CA424E #92CA42 #42CABE #7A42CA

square

#CA424E #92CA42 #42CABE #7A42CA

split-complementary

#CA424E #42CA7A #4292CA

monochromatic

#722027 #A22D38 #CA424E #D7727B #E5A2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#CA424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#CA424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA424E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA424E	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66604E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.172 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e7f',
    500: '#ca424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca424e;
$custom-light: #e17e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA424E

secondary

#96D1CC

accent

#DFD248

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA424E

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

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