#CA4A46#CA4A46

#CA4A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.164 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A46
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 70)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 50.56, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 58.66, 30.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1481 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.164 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9142, 17.9001, 7.7783)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A46 #46C6CA

analogous

#CA4684 #CA4A46 #CA8C46

triadic

#CA4A46 #46CA4A #4A46CA

tetradic

#CA4A46 #84CA46 #46C6CA #8C46CA

square

#CA4A46 #84CA46 #46C6CA #8C46CA

split-complementary

#CA4A46 #46CA8C #4684CA

monochromatic

#742421 #A4322F #CA4A46 #D87976 #E5A7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CA4A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#CA4A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4A46

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4A46	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.164 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18279',
    500: '#ca4a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a46;
$custom-light: #e18279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58299,
    "c": 0.16382,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A46

secondary

#9AD1D2

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A46

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

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