#CA4959#CA4959

#CA4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.164 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4959
RGB	rgb(202, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 52.28, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 55.52, 19.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1568 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.164 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5454, 18.0466, 11.4294)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4959 #49CABA

analogous

#CA499A #CA4959 #CA7A49

triadic

#CA4959 #59CA49 #4959CA

tetradic

#CA4959 #9ACA49 #49CABA #7A49CA

square

#CA4959 #9ACA49 #49CABA #7A49CA

split-complementary

#CA4959 #49CA7A #499ACA

monochromatic

#76222D #A6303F #CA4959 #D87884 #E6A8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CA4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#CA4959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4959

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4959	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.164 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08287',
    500: '#ca4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4959;
$custom-light: #e08287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.558,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58542,
    "c": 0.16351,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4959

secondary

#9CD3CC

accent

#DECC4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4959

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

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