#CA4C42#CA4C42

#CA4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.162 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4C42
RGB	rgb(202, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 49.46, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 59.11, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1438 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.162 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9277, 18.1226, 7.1806)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4C42 #42C0CA

analogous

#CA427C #CA4C42 #CA9042

triadic

#CA4C42 #42CA4C #4C42CA

tetradic

#CA4C42 #7CCA42 #42C0CA #9042CA

square

#CA4C42 #7CCA42 #42C0CA #9042CA

split-complementary

#CA4C42 #42CA90 #427CCA

monochromatic

#722620 #A2362D #CA4C42 #D77972 #E5A7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CA4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#CA4C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4C42

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4C42	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.162 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18376',
    500: '#ca4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4c42;
$custom-light: #e18376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58483,
    "c": 0.1624,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4C42

secondary

#96CDD1

accent

#D4DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4C42

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

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