#CA4523#CA4523

#CA4523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.175 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4523
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 51.19, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 69.75, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1433 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.175 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7917, 16.9381, 3.4484)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4523 #23A8CA

analogous

#CA2354 #CA4523 #CA9923

triadic

#CA4523 #23CA45 #4523CA

tetradic

#CA4523 #54CA23 #23A8CA #9923CA

square

#CA4523 #54CA23 #23A8CA #9923CA

split-complementary

#CA4523 #23CA99 #2354CA

monochromatic

#622111 #96331A #CA4523 #E0694A #E9947F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CA4523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CA4523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4523

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4523	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C601D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.175 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f61',
    500: '#ca4523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4523;
$custom-light: #e37f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.216,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57276,
    "c": 0.17512,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4523

secondary

#78BFD1

accent

#C9ED3B

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFEFEA

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4523

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

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