#CA4F38#CA4F38

#CA4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.161 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4F38
RGB	rgb(202, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 47.59, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 61.18, 38.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.136 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.161 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8698, 18.4379, 5.8319)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4F38 #38B3CA

analogous

#CA386A #CA4F38 #CA9838

triadic

#CA4F38 #38CA4F #4F38CA

tetradic

#CA4F38 #6ACA38 #38B3CA #9838CA

square

#CA4F38 #6ACA38 #38B3CA #9838CA

split-complementary

#CA4F38 #38CA98 #386ACA

monochromatic

#6B291D #9B3B29 #CA4F38 #D77A68 #E4A499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#CA4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#CA4F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4F38

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4F38	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.161 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28570',
    500: '#ca4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4f38;
$custom-light: #e28570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.452,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58727,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4F38

secondary

#8EC5CF

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4F38

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

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