#CA453C#CA453C

#CA453C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.170 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA453C
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 60)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 52.15, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 62.47, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1511 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.17 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3038, 17.1430, 6.1453)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA453C #3CC1CA

analogous

#CA3C7A #CA453C #CA8C3C

triadic

#CA453C #3CCA45 #453CCA

tetradic

#CA453C #7ACA3C #3CC1CA #8C3CCA

square

#CA453C #7ACA3C #3CC1CA #8C3CCA

split-complementary

#CA453C #3CCA8C #3C7ACA

monochromatic

#6E231E #9E322B #CA453C #D7736C #E4A19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CA453C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CA453C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA453C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA453C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA453C	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca453c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.170 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28072',
    500: '#ca453c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca453c;
$custom-light: #e28072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca453c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.803,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57551,
    "c": 0.17045,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA453C

secondary

#92CCD0

accent

#D7E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA453C

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

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