#CA4E50#CA4E50

#CA4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.158 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4E50
RGB	rgb(202, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 49.43, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 55.35, 26.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1463 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.158 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5321, 18.5883, 9.6733)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4E50 #4ECAC8

analogous

#CA4E8E #CA4E50 #CA8A4E

triadic

#CA4E50 #50CA4E #4E50CA

tetradic

#CA4E50 #8ECA4E #4ECAC8 #8A4ECA

square

#CA4E50 #8ECA4E #4ECAC8 #8A4ECA

split-complementary

#CA4E50 #4ECA8A #4E8ECA

monochromatic

#792426 #A83234 #CA4E50 #D87D7F #E6ACAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#CA4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#CA4E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4E50

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4E50	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D674F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.158 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08581',
    500: '#ca4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4e50;
$custom-light: #e08581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.032,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58974,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4E50

secondary

#A0D4D3

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4E50

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

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