#CA493C#CA493C

#CA493C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.167 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA493C
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 60)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 50.45, 35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 61.48, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1458 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.167 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5582, 17.6518, 6.2301)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA493C #3CBDCA

analogous

#CA3C76 #CA493C #CA903C

triadic

#CA493C #3CCA49 #493CCA

tetradic

#CA493C #76CA3C #3CBDCA #903CCA

square

#CA493C #76CA3C #3CBDCA #903CCA

split-complementary

#CA493C #3CCA90 #3C76CA

monochromatic

#6E251E #9E352B #CA493C #D7766C #E4A39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#CA493C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#CA493C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA493C

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA493C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA493C	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)

#6C633A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca493c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.167 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28272',
    500: '#ca493c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca493c;
$custom-light: #e28272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca493c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.493,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58025,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA493C

secondary

#92CAD0

accent

#D2E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA493C

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

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