#CA493E#CA493E

#CA493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.166 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA493E
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 50.56, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 60.93, 33.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1465 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.166 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6120, 17.6733, 6.5138)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA493E #3EBFCA

analogous

#CA3E79 #CA493E #CA8F3E

triadic

#CA493E #3ECA49 #493ECA

tetradic

#CA493E #79CA3E #3EBFCA #8F3ECA

square

#CA493E #79CA3E #3EBFCA #8F3ECA

split-complementary

#CA493E #3ECA8F #3E79CA

monochromatic

#6F251F #9F352C #CA493E #D7766E #E4A49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#CA493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#CA493E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA493E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA493E	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)

#6C633C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.166 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28274',
    500: '#ca493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca493e;
$custom-light: #e28274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58054,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA493E

secondary

#93CCD1

accent

#D4E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA493E

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

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