#CA4D42#CA4D42

#CA4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.161 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4D42
RGB	rgb(202, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 49.01, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 58.85, 33.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1424 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.161 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9972, 18.2615, 7.2037)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4D42 #42BFCA

analogous

#CA427B #CA4D42 #CA9142

triadic

#CA4D42 #42CA4D #4D42CA

tetradic

#CA4D42 #7BCA42 #42BFCA #9142CA

square

#CA4D42 #7BCA42 #42BFCA #9142CA

split-complementary

#CA4D42 #42CA91 #427BCA

monochromatic

#722720 #A2372D #CA4D42 #D77A72 #E5A7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#CA4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#CA4D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4D42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4D42	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.161 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18477',
    500: '#ca4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4d42;
$custom-light: #e18477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58609,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4D42

secondary

#96CDD1

accent

#D3DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4D42

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

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