#CA4A21#CA4A21

#CA4A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.171 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A21
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 33)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 48.99, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 69.30, 45.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1363 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.171 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0835, 17.5679, 3.4034)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A21 #21A1CA

analogous

#CA214C #CA4A21 #CA9E21

triadic

#CA4A21 #21CA4A #4A21CA

tetradic

#CA4A21 #4CCA21 #21A1CA #9E21CA

square

#CA4A21 #4CCA21 #21A1CA #9E21CA

split-complementary

#CA4A21 #21CA9E #214CCA

monochromatic

#612310 #953718 #CA4A21 #E16D47 #EA967C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#CA4A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#CA4A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4A21

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4A21	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.171 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38260',
    500: '#ca4a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a21;
$custom-light: #e38260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.556,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57863,
    "c": 0.17113,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A21

secondary

#75BBD2

accent

#C3EF39

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFEFEA

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A21

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

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