#CA452B#CA452B

#CA452B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.174 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA452B
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 51.44, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 67.36, 40.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1455 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.174 33)
XYZ	xyz(26.9243, 16.9912, 4.1469)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA452B #2BB0CA

analogous

#CA2B61 #CA452B #CA942B

triadic

#CA452B #2BCA45 #452BCA

tetradic

#CA452B #61CA2B #2BB0CA #942BCA

square

#CA452B #61CA2B #2BB0CA #942BCA

split-complementary

#CA452B #2BCA94 #2B61CA

monochromatic

#652316 #983420 #CA452B #DB6D57 #E69989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#CA452B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#CA452B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA452B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA452B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA452B	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca452b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.174 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f66',
    500: '#ca452b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca452b;
$custom-light: #e37f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca452b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.811,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57347,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.16987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA452B

secondary

#81C3D0

accent

#CCE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA452B

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

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