#CA4448#CA4448

#CA4448 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.170 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4448
RGB	rgb(202, 68, 72)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 53.22, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 59.87, 27.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1569 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.17 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5967, 17.1625, 7.9892)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4448 #44CAC6

analogous

#CA448B #CA4448 #CA8344

triadic

#CA4448 #48CA44 #4448CA

tetradic

#CA4448 #8BCA44 #44CAC6 #8344CA

square

#CA4448 #8BCA44 #44CAC6 #8344CA

split-complementary

#CA4448 #44CA83 #448BCA

monochromatic

#732123 #A32E32 #CA4448 #D87477 #E5A3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CA4448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CA4448 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4448

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4448	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)

#686147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 68, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.170 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f7b',
    500: '#ca4448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4448;
$custom-light: #e17f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.209,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57627,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4448

secondary

#98D2D0

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4448

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

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