#CA4543#CA4543

#CA4543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.169 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4543
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 67)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 52.52, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 60.71, 30.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1537 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.169 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5012, 17.2219, 7.1851)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4543 #43C8CA

analogous

#CA4384 #CA4543 #CA8943

triadic

#CA4543 #43CA45 #4543CA

tetradic

#CA4543 #84CA43 #43C8CA #8943CA

square

#CA4543 #84CA43 #43C8CA #8943CA

split-complementary

#CA4543 #43CA89 #4384CA

monochromatic

#722120 #A22F2E #CA4543 #D77473 #E5A3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#CA4543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CA4543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4543

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4543	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.169 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28077',
    500: '#ca4543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4543;
$custom-light: #e28077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57657,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4543

secondary

#97D1D2

accent

#DDDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4543

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

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