#CA4840#CA4840

#CA4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.167 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4840
RGB	rgb(202, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 51.09, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 60.67, 32.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1485 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.167 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6028, 17.5653, 6.7865)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4840 #40C2CA

analogous

#CA407D #CA4840 #CA8D40

triadic

#CA4840 #40CA48 #4840CA

tetradic

#CA4840 #7DCA40 #40C2CA #8D40CA

square

#CA4840 #7DCA40 #40C2CA #8D40CA

split-complementary

#CA4840 #40CA8D #407DCA

monochromatic

#70241F #A0332C #CA4840 #D77670 #E5A4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#CA4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#CA4840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4840

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4840	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.167 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28175',
    500: '#ca4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4840;
$custom-light: #e28175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57963,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4840

secondary

#95CED1

accent

#D7E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4840

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

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