#CA493F#CA493F

#CA493F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.166 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA493F
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 50.61, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 60.67, 33.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1468 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.166 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6397, 17.6844, 6.6597)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA493F #3FC0CA

analogous

#CA3F7A #CA493F #CA8F3F

triadic

#CA493F #3FCA49 #493FCA

tetradic

#CA493F #7ACA3F #3FC0CA #8F3FCA

square

#CA493F #7ACA3F #3FC0CA #8F3FCA

split-complementary

#CA493F #3FCA8F #3F7ACA

monochromatic

#70251F #A0342C #CA493F #D7766F #E4A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#CA493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#CA493F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA493F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA493F	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.166 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28274',
    500: '#ca493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca493f;
$custom-light: #e28274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58068,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA493F

secondary

#94CCD1

accent

#D5E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA493F

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

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