#CA4545#CA4545

#CA4545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.169 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4545
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 52.64, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 60.25, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1544 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.169 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5622, 17.2463, 7.5066)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4545 #45CACA

analogous

#CA4587 #CA4545 #CA8745

triadic

#CA4545 #45CA45 #4545CA

tetradic

#CA4545 #87CA45 #45CACA #8745CA

square

#CA4545 #87CA45 #45CACA #8745CA

split-complementary

#CA4545 #45CA87 #4587CA

monochromatic

#742121 #A32F2F #CA4545 #D87575 #E5A4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#CA4545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#CA4545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4545

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4545	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.169 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18078',
    500: '#ca4545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4545;
$custom-light: #e18078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5769,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4545

secondary

#99D2D2

accent

#DFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4545

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

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