#CA4838#CA4838

#CA4838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.168 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4838
RGB	rgb(202, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 50.69, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 62.84, 36.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1457 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.168 30)
XYZ	xyz(27.3912, 17.4807, 5.6724)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4838 #38BACA

analogous

#CA3871 #CA4838 #CA9138

triadic

#CA4838 #38CA48 #4838CA

tetradic

#CA4838 #71CA38 #38BACA #9138CA

square

#CA4838 #71CA38 #38BACA #9138CA

split-complementary

#CA4838 #38CA91 #3871CA

monochromatic

#6B251D #9B3629 #CA4838 #D77468 #E4A199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#CA4838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#CA4838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4838

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4838	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.168 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2816f',
    500: '#ca4838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4838;
$custom-light: #e2816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.575,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57851,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.17477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4838

secondary

#8EC8CF

accent

#D0E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4838

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

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