#CA5238#CA5238

#CA5238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.159 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5238
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 46.21, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 60.49, 40.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1317 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.159 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0911, 18.8805, 5.9057)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5238 #38B0CA

analogous

#CA3867 #CA5238 #CA9B38

triadic

#CA5238 #38CA52 #5238CA

tetradic

#CA5238 #67CA38 #38B0CA #9B38CA

square

#CA5238 #67CA38 #38B0CA #9B38CA

split-complementary

#CA5238 #38CA9B #3867CA

monochromatic

#6B2B1D #9B3E29 #CA5238 #D77C68 #E4A699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CA5238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#CA5238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5238

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5238	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.159 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28770',
    500: '#ca5238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5238;
$custom-light: #e28770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.685,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59122,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5238

secondary

#8EC4CF

accent

#C6E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5238

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

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