#CA5040#CA5040

#CA5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.159 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5040
RGB	rgb(202, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 47.54, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 58.62, 35.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1374 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.159 30)
XYZ	xyz(28.1540, 18.6678, 6.9702)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5040 #40BACA

analogous

#CA4075 #CA5040 #CA9540

triadic

#CA5040 #40CA50 #5040CA

tetradic

#CA5040 #75CA40 #40BACA #9540CA

square

#CA5040 #75CA40 #40BACA #9540CA

split-complementary

#CA5040 #40CA95 #4075CA

monochromatic

#70291F #A03A2C #CA5040 #D77C70 #E5A8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#CA5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#CA5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5040

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5040	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)

#71673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.159 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18675',
    500: '#ca5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5040;
$custom-light: #e18675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.957,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58965,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.18664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5040

secondary

#95CAD1

accent

#CEE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5040

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

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