#CA522D#CA522D

#CA522D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.161 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA522D
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(14, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 45.75, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 63.94, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1283 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.161 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8510, 18.7844, 4.6413)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA522D #2DA5CA

analogous

#CA2D56 #CA522D #CAA02D

triadic

#CA522D #2DCA52 #522DCA

tetradic

#CA522D #56CA2D #2DA5CA #A02DCA

square

#CA522D #56CA2D #2DA5CA #A02DCA

split-complementary

#CA522D #2DCAA0 #2D56CA

monochromatic

#662917 #983E22 #CA522D #DA785A #E5A18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#CA522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#CA522D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA522D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA522D	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.161 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28768',
    500: '#ca522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca522d;
$custom-light: #e28768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.14,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59001,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA522D

secondary

#83BECF

accent

#C0E741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA522D

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

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