#CA5138#CA5138

#CA5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.160 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5138
RGB	rgb(202, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 46.68, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 60.72, 39.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1332 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.16 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0162, 18.7308, 5.8807)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5138 #38B1CA

analogous

#CA3868 #CA5138 #CA9A38

triadic

#CA5138 #38CA51 #5138CA

tetradic

#CA5138 #68CA38 #38B1CA #9A38CA

square

#CA5138 #68CA38 #38B1CA #9A38CA

split-complementary

#CA5138 #38CA9A #3868CA

monochromatic

#6B2A1D #9B3D29 #CA5138 #D77B68 #E4A699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CA5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#CA5138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5138

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5138	1.00	4.43	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.160 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28670',
    500: '#ca5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5138;
$custom-light: #e28670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.274,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58989,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5138

secondary

#8EC4CF

accent

#C7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5138

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

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