#CA4253#CA4253

#CA4253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.171 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4253
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 83)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 54.75, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 58.53, 20.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1637 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.171 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8693, 17.0813, 10.0114)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4253 #42CAB9

analogous

#CA4297 #CA4253 #CA7542

triadic

#CA4253 #53CA42 #4253CA

tetradic

#CA4253 #97CA42 #42CAB9 #7542CA

square

#CA4253 #97CA42 #42CAB9 #7542CA

split-complementary

#CA4253 #42CA75 #4297CA

monochromatic

#72202A #A22D3C #CA4253 #D7727E #E5A2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#CA4253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CA4253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4253

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4253	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.171 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e83',
    500: '#ca4253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4253;
$custom-light: #e17e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57614,
    "c": 0.17138,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4253

secondary

#96D1CA

accent

#DFCD48

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4253

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

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