#CA494A#CA494A

#CA494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.164 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA494A
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 51.24, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 58.04, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.151 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.164 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9784, 17.8199, 8.4435)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA494A #49CAC9

analogous

#CA498B #CA494A #CA8949

triadic

#CA494A #4ACA49 #494ACA

tetradic

#CA494A #8BCA49 #49CAC9 #8949CA

square

#CA494A #8BCA49 #49CAC9 #8949CA

split-complementary

#CA494A #49CA89 #498BCA

monochromatic

#762223 #A63031 #CA494A #D87879 #E6A8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#CA494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#CA494A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA494A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA494A	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.164 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1827c',
    500: '#ca494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca494a;
$custom-light: #e1827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.535,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58246,
    "c": 0.16437,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA494A

secondary

#9CD3D2

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA494A

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

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