#CA4849#CA4849

#CA4849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.166 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4849
RGB	rgb(202, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 51.61, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 58.54, 28.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1519 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.166 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8798, 17.6762, 8.2458)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4849 #48CAC9

analogous

#CA488A #CA4849 #CA8848

triadic

#CA4849 #49CA48 #4849CA

tetradic

#CA4849 #8ACA48 #48CAC9 #8848CA

square

#CA4849 #8ACA48 #48CAC9 #8848CA

split-complementary

#CA4849 #48CA88 #488ACA

monochromatic

#762223 #A53031 #CA4849 #D87778 #E5A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#CA4849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#CA4849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4849

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4849	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.166 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1817b',
    500: '#ca4849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4849;
$custom-light: #e1817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58109,
    "c": 0.16555,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4849

secondary

#9BD3D2

accent

#DEDD49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4849

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

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