#CA4444#CA4444

#CA4444 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.170 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4444
RGB	rgb(202, 68, 68)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 52.99, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 60.75, 29.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1553 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.17 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4705, 17.1120, 7.3242)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4444 #44CACA

analogous

#CA4487 #CA4444 #CA8744

triadic

#CA4444 #44CA44 #4444CA

tetradic

#CA4444 #87CA44 #44CACA #8744CA

square

#CA4444 #87CA44 #44CACA #8744CA

split-complementary

#CA4444 #44CA87 #4487CA

monochromatic

#732121 #A32E2E #CA4444 #D87474 #E5A3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CA4444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CA4444 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4444

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4444	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 68, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.170 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f78',
    500: '#ca4444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4444;
$custom-light: #e17f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57559,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4444

secondary

#98D2D2

accent

#DFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4444

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

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