#CA4259#CA4259

#CA4259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.172 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4259
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(350, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 55.19, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 57.81, 17.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1661 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.172 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1111, 17.1781, 11.2847)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4259 #42CAB3

analogous

#CA429D #CA4259 #CA6F42

triadic

#CA4259 #59CA42 #4259CA

tetradic

#CA4259 #9DCA42 #42CAB3 #6F42CA

square

#CA4259 #9DCA42 #42CAB3 #6F42CA

split-complementary

#CA4259 #42CA6F #429DCA

monochromatic

#72202E #A22D41 #CA4259 #D77283 #E5A2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CA4259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CA4259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4259

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4259	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD264B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.172 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f87',
    500: '#ca4259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4259;
$custom-light: #e07f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57744,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4259

secondary

#96D1C7

accent

#DFC648

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4259

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

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