#CA5042#CA5042

#CA5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.158 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5042
RGB	rgb(202, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 47.65, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 58.07, 34.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1382 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.158 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2119, 18.6910, 7.2753)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5042 #42BCCA

analogous

#CA4278 #CA5042 #CA9442

triadic

#CA5042 #42CA50 #5042CA

tetradic

#CA5042 #78CA42 #42BCCA #9442CA

square

#CA5042 #78CA42 #42BCCA #9442CA

split-complementary

#CA5042 #42CA94 #4278CA

monochromatic

#722820 #A2392D #CA5042 #D77C72 #E5A9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CA5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CA5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5042

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5042	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.158 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18677',
    500: '#ca5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5042;
$custom-light: #e18677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58995,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5042

secondary

#96CBD1

accent

#D0DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5042

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

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