#CA4252#CA4252

#CA4252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.171 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4252
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 82)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 54.68, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 58.67, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1633 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.171 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8310, 17.0660, 9.8096)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4252 #42CABA

analogous

#CA4296 #CA4252 #CA7642

triadic

#CA4252 #52CA42 #4252CA

tetradic

#CA4252 #96CA42 #42CABA #7642CA

square

#CA4252 #96CA42 #42CABA #7642CA

split-complementary

#CA4252 #42CA76 #4296CA

monochromatic

#72202A #A22D3B #CA4252 #D7727E #E5A2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#CA4252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#CA4252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4252

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4252	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.171 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e82',
    500: '#ca4252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4252;
$custom-light: #e17e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57594,
    "c": 0.17139,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4252

secondary

#96D1CA

accent

#DFCE48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4252

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

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