#CA4740#CA4740

#CA4740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.168 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4740
RGB	rgb(202, 71, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 51.52, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 60.92, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1499 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.168 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5386, 17.4371, 6.7651)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4740 #40C3CA

analogous

#CA407E #CA4740 #CA8C40

triadic

#CA4740 #40CA47 #4740CA

tetradic

#CA4740 #7ECA40 #40C3CA #8C40CA

square

#CA4740 #7ECA40 #40C3CA #8C40CA

split-complementary

#CA4740 #40CA8C #407ECA

monochromatic

#70231F #A0322C #CA4740 #D77570 #E5A3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#CA4740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#CA4740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4740

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4740	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 71, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.168 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28175',
    500: '#ca4740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4740;
$custom-light: #e28175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.043,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57844,
    "c": 0.16782,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4740

secondary

#95CED1

accent

#D8E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4740

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

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