#CA503D#CA503D

#CA503D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.159 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA503D
RGB	rgb(202, 80, 61)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 47.38, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 59.47, 37.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1363 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.159 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0709, 18.6346, 6.5327)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA503D #3DB7CA

analogous

#CA3D71 #CA503D #CA973D

triadic

#CA503D #3DCA50 #503DCA

tetradic

#CA503D #71CA3D #3DB7CA #973DCA

square

#CA503D #71CA3D #3DB7CA #973DCA

split-complementary

#CA503D #3DCA97 #3D71CA

monochromatic

#6E291E #9F3B2B #CA503D #D77B6D #E4A79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#CA503D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#CA503D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA503D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA503D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA503D	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca503d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 80, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.159 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18673',
    500: '#ca503d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca503d;
$custom-light: #e18673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca503d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.085,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58923,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA503D

secondary

#92C8D0

accent

#CCE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA503D

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

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