#CA452D#CA452D

#CA452D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.173 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA452D
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 51.51, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 66.76, 39.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1461 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.173 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9619, 17.0062, 4.3449)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA452D #2DB2CA

analogous

#CA2D63 #CA452D #CA932D

triadic

#CA452D #2DCA45 #452DCA

tetradic

#CA452D #63CA2D #2DB2CA #932DCA

square

#CA452D #63CA2D #2DB2CA #932DCA

split-complementary

#CA452D #2DCA93 #2D63CA

monochromatic

#662317 #983422 #CA452D #DA6E5A #E59A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#CA452D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#CA452D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA452D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA452D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA452D	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE1E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca452d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.173 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f68',
    500: '#ca452d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca452d;
$custom-light: #e37f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca452d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.172,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57368,
    "c": 0.17321,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA452D

secondary

#83C4CF

accent

#CDE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA452D

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

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