#CA4A38#CA4A38

#CA4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.166 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A38
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 49.83, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 62.36, 36.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.143 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.166 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5226, 17.7435, 5.7162)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A38 #38B8CA

analogous

#CA386F #CA4A38 #CA9338

triadic

#CA4A38 #38CA4A #4A38CA

tetradic

#CA4A38 #6FCA38 #38B8CA #9338CA

square

#CA4A38 #6FCA38 #38B8CA #9338CA

split-complementary

#CA4A38 #38CA93 #386FCA

monochromatic

#6B261D #9B3729 #CA4A38 #D77668 #E4A299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#CA4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#CA4A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4A38

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4A38	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.166 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2826f',
    500: '#ca4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a38;
$custom-light: #e2826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.397,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58094,
    "c": 0.16631,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A38

secondary

#8EC7CF

accent

#CEE147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A38

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

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