#CA4521#CA4521

#CA4521 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.175 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4521
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 51.14, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 70.34, 43.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1428 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.175 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7629, 16.9266, 3.2965)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4521 #21A6CA

analogous

#CA2151 #CA4521 #CA9921

triadic

#CA4521 #21CA45 #4521CA

tetradic

#CA4521 #51CA21 #21A6CA #9921CA

square

#CA4521 #51CA21 #21A6CA #9921CA

split-complementary

#CA4521 #21CA99 #2151CA

monochromatic

#612110 #953318 #CA4521 #E16847 #EA937C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CA4521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CA4521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4521

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4521	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C601B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF1C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.175 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f60',
    500: '#ca4521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4521;
$custom-light: #e37f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.781,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5726,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4521

secondary

#75BED2

accent

#C8EF39

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFEFEA

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4521

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

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