#CA4B38#CA4B38

#CA4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.165 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4B38
RGB	rgb(202, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 49.39, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 62.12, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1416 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.165 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5899, 17.8781, 5.7386)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4B38 #38B7CA

analogous

#CA386E #CA4B38 #CA9438

triadic

#CA4B38 #38CA4B #4B38CA

tetradic

#CA4B38 #6ECA38 #38B7CA #9438CA

square

#CA4B38 #6ECA38 #38B7CA #9438CA

split-complementary

#CA4B38 #38CA94 #386ECA

monochromatic

#6B271D #9B3829 #CA4B38 #D77768 #E4A299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CA4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CA4B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4B38

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4B38	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.165 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2836f',
    500: '#ca4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4b38;
$custom-light: #e2836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.808,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58218,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4B38

secondary

#8EC7CF

accent

#CDE147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4B38

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

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