#CA4842#CA4842

#CA4842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.166 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4842
RGB	rgb(202, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 51.20, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 60.16, 31.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1493 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.166 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6607, 17.5885, 7.0916)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4842 #42C4CA

analogous

#CA4280 #CA4842 #CA8C42

triadic

#CA4842 #42CA48 #4842CA

tetradic

#CA4842 #80CA42 #42C4CA #8C42CA

square

#CA4842 #80CA42 #42C4CA #8C42CA

split-complementary

#CA4842 #42CA8C #4280CA

monochromatic

#722320 #A2322D #CA4842 #D77672 #E5A5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#CA4842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#CA4842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4842

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4842	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.166 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18176',
    500: '#ca4842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4842;
$custom-light: #e18176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.647,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57993,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4842

secondary

#96CFD1

accent

#D9DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4842

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

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