#CA4A48#CA4A48

#CA4A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.164 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A48
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 50.68, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 58.20, 29.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1488 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.164 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9784, 17.9258, 8.1164)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A48 #48C8CA

analogous

#CA4887 #CA4A48 #CA8B48

triadic

#CA4A48 #48CA4A #4A48CA

tetradic

#CA4A48 #87CA48 #48C8CA #8B48CA

square

#CA4A48 #87CA48 #48C8CA #8B48CA

split-complementary

#CA4A48 #48CA8B #4887CA

monochromatic

#762322 #A53230 #CA4A48 #D87977 #E5A8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#CA4A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#CA4A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4A48

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4A48	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.164 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1827b',
    500: '#ca4a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a48;
$custom-light: #e1827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58333,
    "c": 0.16355,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A48

secondary

#9BD2D3

accent

#DCDE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A48

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

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