#CA462B#CA462B

#CA462B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.173 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA462B
RGB	rgb(202, 70, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 51.02, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 67.14, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1442 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.173 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9864, 17.1152, 4.1676)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA462B #2BAFCA

analogous

#CA2B5F #CA462B #CA962B

triadic

#CA462B #2BCA46 #462BCA

tetradic

#CA462B #5FCA2B #2BAFCA #962BCA

square

#CA462B #5FCA2B #2BAFCA #962BCA

split-complementary

#CA462B #2BCA96 #2B5FCA

monochromatic

#652316 #983520 #CA462B #DB6D57 #E69989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CA462B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CA462B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA462B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA462B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA462B	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)

#6C6027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca462b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 70, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.173 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38066',
    500: '#ca462b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca462b;
$custom-light: #e38066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca462b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.189,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57465,
    "c": 0.17269,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA462B

secondary

#81C2D0

accent

#CBE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA462B

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

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