#CA4A51#CA4A51

#CA4A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.163 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A51
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 81)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 51.27, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 56.39, 24.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1523 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.163 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2938, 18.0520, 9.7775)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A51 #4ACAC3

analogous

#CA4A91 #CA4A51 #CA834A

triadic

#CA4A51 #51CA4A #4A51CA

tetradic

#CA4A51 #91CA4A #4ACAC3 #834ACA

square

#CA4A51 #91CA4A #4ACAC3 #834ACA

split-complementary

#CA4A51 #4ACA83 #4A91CA

monochromatic

#772327 #A63137 #CA4A51 #D8797F #E6A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CA4A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#CA4A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4A51

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4A51	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD304D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.163 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08381',
    500: '#ca4a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a51;
$custom-light: #e08381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.719,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58497,
    "c": 0.16263,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A51

secondary

#9DD3D0

accent

#DED64A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A51

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

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