#CA4C51#CA4C51

#CA4C51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.160 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4C51
RGB	rgb(202, 76, 81)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 50.39, 23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 55.77, 25.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1495 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.16 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4294, 18.3233, 9.8227)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4C51 #4CCAC5

analogous

#CA4C90 #CA4C51 #CA864C

triadic

#CA4C51 #51CA4C #4C51CA

tetradic

#CA4C51 #90CA4C #4CCAC5 #864CCA

square

#CA4C51 #90CA4C #4CCAC5 #864CCA

split-complementary

#CA4C51 #4CCA86 #4C90CA

monochromatic

#782427 #A73236 #CA4C51 #D87B7F #E6AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#CA4C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CA4C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4C51

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4C51	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD334F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 76, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.160 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08481',
    500: '#ca4c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4c51;
$custom-light: #e08481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.619,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58742,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4C51

secondary

#9ED4D1

accent

#DED84A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4C51

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

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