#CA4538#CA4538

#CA4538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.171 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4538
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 51.96, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 63.56, 35.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1497 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.171 29)
XYZ	xyz(27.2020, 17.1022, 5.6093)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4538 #38BDCA

analogous

#CA3874 #CA4538 #CA8E38

triadic

#CA4538 #38CA45 #4538CA

tetradic

#CA4538 #74CA38 #38BDCA #8E38CA

square

#CA4538 #74CA38 #38BDCA #8E38CA

split-complementary

#CA4538 #38CA8E #3874CA

monochromatic

#6B241D #9B3429 #CA4538 #D77268 #E49F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CA4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CA4538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4538

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4538	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.171 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f6f',
    500: '#ca4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4538;
$custom-light: #e27f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.342,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57497,
    "c": 0.17114,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.17098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4538

secondary

#8ECACF

accent

#D3E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4538

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

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