#CA493B#CA493B

#CA493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.167 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA493B
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 50.41, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 61.75, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1454 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.167 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5320, 17.6413, 6.0922)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA493B #3BBCCA

analogous

#CA3B74 #CA493B #CA903B

triadic

#CA493B #3BCA49 #493BCA

tetradic

#CA493B #74CA3B #3BBCCA #903BCA

square

#CA493B #74CA3B #3BBCCA #903BCA

split-complementary

#CA493B #3BCA90 #3B74CA

monochromatic

#6D251E #9D362B #CA493B #D7766B #E4A29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#CA493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#CA493B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA493B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA493B	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)

#6C6339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.167 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28271',
    500: '#ca493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca493b;
$custom-light: #e28271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.874,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58012,
    "c": 0.1667,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA493B

secondary

#91CAD0

accent

#D2E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA493B

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

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