#CA442E#CA442E

#CA442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.174 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA442E
RGB	rgb(202, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 51.97, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 66.68, 38.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1477 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.174 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9204, 16.8920, 4.4272)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA442E #2EB4CA

analogous

#CA2E66 #CA442E #CA922E

triadic

#CA442E #2ECA44 #442ECA

tetradic

#CA442E #66CA2E #2EB4CA #922ECA

square

#CA442E #66CA2E #2EB4CA #922ECA

split-complementary

#CA442E #2ECA92 #2E66CA

monochromatic

#662217 #983323 #CA442E #DA6D5B #E59A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#CA442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CA442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA442E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA442E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A602B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.174 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f68',
    500: '#ca442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca442e;
$custom-light: #e37f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.462,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57262,
    "c": 0.17393,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA442E

secondary

#84C5CF

accent

#CFE642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA442E

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

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