#CA5142#CA5142

#CA5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.157 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5142
RGB	rgb(202, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 47.19, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 57.82, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1367 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.157 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2857, 18.8385, 7.2999)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5142 #42BBCA

analogous

#CA4277 #CA5142 #CA9542

triadic

#CA5142 #42CA51 #5142CA

tetradic

#CA5142 #77CA42 #42BBCA #9542CA

square

#CA5142 #77CA42 #42BBCA #9542CA

split-complementary

#CA5142 #42CA95 #4277CA

monochromatic

#722920 #A23A2D #CA5142 #D77D72 #E5A9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#CA5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CA5142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5142

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5142	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.157 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18677',
    500: '#ca5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5142;
$custom-light: #e18677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59126,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5142

secondary

#96CBD1

accent

#CFDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5142

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

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