#CA523A#CA523A

#CA523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.158 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA523A
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 46.31, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 59.88, 39.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1324 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.158 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1410, 18.9004, 6.1685)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA523A #3AB2CA

analogous

#CA3A6A #CA523A #CA9A3A

triadic

#CA523A #3ACA52 #523ACA

tetradic

#CA523A #6ACA3A #3AB2CA #9A3ACA

square

#CA523A #6ACA3A #3AB2CA #9A3ACA

split-complementary

#CA523A #3ACA9A #3A6ACA

monochromatic

#6C2A1D #9D3D2A #CA523A #D77C6A #E4A79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CA523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#CA523A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA523A

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA523A	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#736837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.158 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18771',
    500: '#ca523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca523a;
$custom-light: #e18771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59148,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA523A

secondary

#90C5D0

accent

#C7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA523A

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

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