#CA503B#CA503B

#CA503B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.160 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA503B
RGB	rgb(202, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 47.28, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 60.05, 38.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.1356 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.16 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0181, 18.6135, 6.2542)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA503B #3BB5CA

analogous

#CA3B6D #CA503B #CA973B

triadic

#CA503B #3BCA50 #503BCA

tetradic

#CA503B #6DCA3B #3BB5CA #973BCA

square

#CA503B #6DCA3B #3BB5CA #973BCA

split-complementary

#CA503B #3BCA97 #3B6DCA

monochromatic

#6D291E #9D3B2B #CA503B #D77B6B #E4A69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#CA503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#CA503B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA503B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA503B	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)

#716738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.160 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18672',
    500: '#ca503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca503b;
$custom-light: #e18672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.811,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58896,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA503B

secondary

#91C7D0

accent

#CAE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA503B

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

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