#CA503E#CA503E

#CA503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.159 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA503E
RGB	rgb(202, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 47.43, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 59.18, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1367 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.159 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0981, 18.6455, 6.6758)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA503E #3EB8CA

analogous

#CA3E72 #CA503E #CA963E

triadic

#CA503E #3ECA50 #503ECA

tetradic

#CA503E #72CA3E #3EB8CA #963ECA

square

#CA503E #72CA3E #3EB8CA #963ECA

split-complementary

#CA503E #3ECA96 #3E72CA

monochromatic

#6F291F #9F3B2C #CA503E #D77C6E #E4A79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#CA503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#CA503E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA503E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA503E	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)

#71673C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.159 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18674',
    500: '#ca503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca503e;
$custom-light: #e18674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.714,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58937,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA503E

secondary

#93C9D1

accent

#CDE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA503E

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

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