#CA4829#CA4829

#CA4829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.171 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4829
RGB	rgb(202, 72, 41)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 79.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 50.10, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 67.31, 41.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.141 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.171 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0778, 17.3553, 4.0215)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4829 #29ABCA

analogous

#CA295A #CA4829 #CA9929

triadic

#CA4829 #29CA48 #4829CA

tetradic

#CA4829 #5ACA29 #29ABCA #9929CA

square

#CA4829 #5ACA29 #29ABCA #9929CA

split-complementary

#CA4829 #29CA99 #295ACA

monochromatic

#642414 #97361F #CA4829 #DC6E54 #E79987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#CA4829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#CA4829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4829

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4829	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 72, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.171 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38165',
    500: '#ca4829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4829;
$custom-light: #e38165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.553,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57684,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4829

secondary

#7FC0D0

accent

#C8E93F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4829

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

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