#CA4A43#CA4A43

#CA4A43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.164 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A43
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 67)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 50.39, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 59.38, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1469 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.164 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8218, 17.8632, 7.2920)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A43 #43C3CA

analogous

#CA437F #CA4A43 #CA8D43

triadic

#CA4A43 #43CA4A #4A43CA

tetradic

#CA4A43 #7FCA43 #43C3CA #8D43CA

square

#CA4A43 #7FCA43 #43C3CA #8D43CA

split-complementary

#CA4A43 #43CA8D #437FCA

monochromatic

#722420 #A2342E #CA4A43 #D77873 #E5A6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CA4A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CA4A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4A43

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4A43	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.164 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18277',
    500: '#ca4a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a43;
$custom-light: #e18277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58251,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A43

secondary

#97CFD2

accent

#D7DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A43

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

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