#CA453E#CA453E

#CA453E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.170 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA453E
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 62)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 52.26, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 61.95, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1518 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.17 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3576, 17.1645, 6.4290)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA453E #3EC3CA

analogous

#CA3E7D #CA453E #CA8B3E

triadic

#CA453E #3ECA45 #453ECA

tetradic

#CA453E #7DCA3E #3EC3CA #8B3ECA

square

#CA453E #7DCA3E #3EC3CA #8B3ECA

split-complementary

#CA453E #3ECA8B #3E7DCA

monochromatic

#6F231F #9F312C #CA453E #D7736E #E4A29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CA453E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CA453E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA453E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA453E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA453E	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)

#6A613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca453e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.170 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28073',
    500: '#ca453e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca453e;
$custom-light: #e28073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca453e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5758,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA453E

secondary

#93CED1

accent

#D9E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA453E

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

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