#CA4942#CA4942

#CA4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.165 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4942
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 50.77, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 59.90, 32.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1479 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.165 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7259, 17.7188, 7.1133)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4942 #42C3CA

analogous

#CA427F #CA4942 #CA8D42

triadic

#CA4942 #42CA49 #4942CA

tetradic

#CA4942 #7FCA42 #42C3CA #8D42CA

square

#CA4942 #7FCA42 #42C3CA #8D42CA

split-complementary

#CA4942 #42CA8D #427FCA

monochromatic

#722420 #A2332D #CA4942 #D77772 #E5A5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#CA4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#CA4942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4942

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4942	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.165 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18276',
    500: '#ca4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4942;
$custom-light: #e18276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58114,
    "c": 0.16547,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4942

secondary

#96CED1

accent

#D8DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4942

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

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