#CA4F42#CA4F42

#CA4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.159 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4F42
RGB	rgb(202, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 48.11, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 58.33, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1396 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.159 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1393, 18.5457, 7.2511)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4F42 #42BDCA

analogous

#CA4279 #CA4F42 #CA9342

triadic

#CA4F42 #42CA4F #4F42CA

tetradic

#CA4F42 #79CA42 #42BDCA #9342CA

square

#CA4F42 #79CA42 #42BDCA #9342CA

split-complementary

#CA4F42 #42CA93 #4279CA

monochromatic

#722820 #A2382D #CA4F42 #D77C72 #E5A8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#CA4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#CA4F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4F42

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4F42	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.159 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18577',
    500: '#ca4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4f42;
$custom-light: #e18577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.735,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58865,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4F42

secondary

#96CCD1

accent

#D1DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4F42

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

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