#CA4E42#CA4E42

#CA4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.160 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4E42
RGB	rgb(202, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 48.56, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 58.59, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.141 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.16 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0677, 18.4025, 7.2272)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4E42 #42BECA

analogous

#CA427A #CA4E42 #CA9242

triadic

#CA4E42 #42CA4E #4E42CA

tetradic

#CA4E42 #7ACA42 #42BECA #9242CA

square

#CA4E42 #7ACA42 #42BECA #9242CA

split-complementary

#CA4E42 #42CA92 #427ACA

monochromatic

#722720 #A2382D #CA4E42 #D77B72 #E5A8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CA4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CA4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4E42

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4E42	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.160 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18577',
    500: '#ca4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4e42;
$custom-light: #e18577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58736,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4E42

secondary

#96CCD1

accent

#D2DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4E42

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

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