#CA4449#CA4449

#CA4449 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.170 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4449
RGB	rgb(202, 68, 73)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 53.29, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 59.66, 26.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1572 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.17 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6296, 17.1757, 8.1624)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4449 #44CAC5

analogous

#CA448C #CA4449 #CA8244

triadic

#CA4449 #49CA44 #4449CA

tetradic

#CA4449 #8CCA44 #44CAC5 #8244CA

square

#CA4449 #8CCA44 #44CAC5 #8244CA

split-complementary

#CA4449 #44CA82 #448CCA

monochromatic

#732124 #A32E32 #CA4449 #D87477 #E5A3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CA4449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CA4449 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4449

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4449	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)

#686148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 68, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.170 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f7b',
    500: '#ca4449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4449;
$custom-light: #e17f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.761,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57644,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4449

secondary

#98D2D0

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4449

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

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