#CA4C38#CA4C38

#CA4C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.164 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4C38
RGB	rgb(202, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 48.95, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 61.89, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1402 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.164 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6583, 18.0148, 5.7614)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4C38 #38B6CA

analogous

#CA386D #CA4C38 #CA9538

triadic

#CA4C38 #38CA4C #4C38CA

tetradic

#CA4C38 #6DCA38 #38B6CA #9538CA

square

#CA4C38 #6DCA38 #38B6CA #9538CA

split-complementary

#CA4C38 #38CA95 #386DCA

monochromatic

#6B271D #9B3929 #CA4C38 #D77768 #E4A399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CA4C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#CA4C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4C38

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4C38	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6F6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.164 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2836f',
    500: '#ca4c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4c38;
$custom-light: #e2836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58343,
    "c": 0.16437,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4C38

secondary

#8EC6CF

accent

#CCE147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4C38

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

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