#CA4A23#CA4A23

#CA4A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.171 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A23
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 49.04, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 68.70, 44.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1367 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.171 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1123, 17.5794, 3.5553)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A23 #23A3CA

analogous

#CA2350 #CA4A23 #CA9E23

triadic

#CA4A23 #23CA4A #4A23CA

tetradic

#CA4A23 #50CA23 #23A3CA #9E23CA

square

#CA4A23 #50CA23 #23A3CA #9E23CA

split-complementary

#CA4A23 #23CA9E #2350CA

monochromatic

#622411 #96371A #CA4A23 #E06D4A #E9977F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#CA4A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#CA4A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4A23

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4A23	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)

#6F621D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.171 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38262',
    500: '#ca4a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a23;
$custom-light: #e38262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.012,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57878,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A23

secondary

#78BCD1

accent

#C4ED3B

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A23

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

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