#CA4E51#CA4E51

#CA4E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.158 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4E51
RGB	rgb(202, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 49.50, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 55.16, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1467 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.158 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5693, 18.6032, 9.8693)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4E51 #4ECAC7

analogous

#CA4E8F #CA4E51 #CA894E

triadic

#CA4E51 #51CA4E #4E51CA

tetradic

#CA4E51 #8FCA4E #4ECAC7 #894ECA

square

#CA4E51 #8FCA4E #4ECAC7 #894ECA

split-complementary

#CA4E51 #4ECA89 #4E8FCA

monochromatic

#792426 #A83235 #CA4E51 #D87D7F #E6ACAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#CA4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#CA4E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4E51

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4E51	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)

#6D6750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.158 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08581',
    500: '#ca4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4e51;
$custom-light: #e08581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.548,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58993,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4E51

secondary

#A0D4D3

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4E51

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

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