#CA4A59#CA4A59

#CA4A59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.162 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4A59
RGB	rgb(202, 74, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 51.85, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 55.19, 20.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1555 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.162 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6116, 18.1791, 11.4515)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4A59 #4ACABB

analogous

#CA4A99 #CA4A59 #CA7B4A

triadic

#CA4A59 #59CA4A #4A59CA

tetradic

#CA4A59 #99CA4A #4ACABB #7B4ACA

square

#CA4A59 #99CA4A #4ACABB #7B4ACA

split-complementary

#CA4A59 #4ACA7B #4A99CA

monochromatic

#77232D #A6313E #CA4A59 #D87984 #E6A9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#CA4A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CA4A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4A59

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4A59	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 74, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.162 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08387',
    500: '#ca4a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4a59;
$custom-light: #e08387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.969,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58662,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4A59

secondary

#9DD3CD

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4A59

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

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