#CA4E49#CA4E49

#CA4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.159 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4E49
RGB	rgb(202, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 48.97, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 56.85, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1436 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.159 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2868, 18.4901, 8.3815)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4E49 #49C5CA

analogous

#CA4985 #CA4E49 #CA8F49

triadic

#CA4E49 #49CA4E #4E49CA

tetradic

#CA4E49 #85CA49 #49C5CA #8F49CA

square

#CA4E49 #85CA49 #49C5CA #8F49CA

split-complementary

#CA4E49 #49CA8F #4985CA

monochromatic

#762622 #A63530 #CA4E49 #D87C78 #E6AAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#CA4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#CA4E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4E49

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4E49	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.159 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1857c',
    500: '#ca4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4e49;
$custom-light: #e1857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.326,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58848,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4E49

secondary

#9CD1D3

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4E49

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

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