#CA4B42#CA4B42

#CA4B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.163 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4B42
RGB	rgb(202, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 49.90, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 59.37, 32.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1452 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.163 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8594, 17.9859, 7.1578)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4B42 #42C1CA

analogous

#CA427D #CA4B42 #CA8F42

triadic

#CA4B42 #42CA4B #4B42CA

tetradic

#CA4B42 #7DCA42 #42C1CA #8F42CA

square

#CA4B42 #7DCA42 #42C1CA #8F42CA

split-complementary

#CA4B42 #42CA8F #427DCA

monochromatic

#722520 #A2352D #CA4B42 #D77972 #E5A6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#CA4B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#CA4B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4B42

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4B42	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.163 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18376',
    500: '#ca4b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4b42;
$custom-light: #e18376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58358,
    "c": 0.16343,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4B42

secondary

#96CED1

accent

#D5DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4B42

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

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