#CA493A#CA493A

#CA493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.167 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA493A
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 50.36, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 62.03, 35.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.145 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.167 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5063, 17.6310, 5.9569)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA493A #3ABBCA

analogous

#CA3A73 #CA493A #CA913A

triadic

#CA493A #3ACA49 #493ACA

tetradic

#CA493A #73CA3A #3ABBCA #913ACA

square

#CA493A #73CA3A #3ABBCA #913ACA

split-complementary

#CA493A #3ACA91 #3A73CA

monochromatic

#6C251D #9D362A #CA493A #D7766A #E4A29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#CA493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#CA493A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA493A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA493A	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.167 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28271',
    500: '#ca493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca493a;
$custom-light: #e28271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.25,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57998,
    "c": 0.16689,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA493A

secondary

#90C9D0

accent

#D1E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA493A

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

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