#CA523B#CA523B

#CA523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.158 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA523B
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 46.36, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 59.58, 38.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1328 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.158 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1667, 18.9107, 6.3038)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA523B #3BB3CA

analogous

#CA3B6B #CA523B #CA993B

triadic

#CA523B #3BCA52 #523BCA

tetradic

#CA523B #6BCA3B #3BB3CA #993BCA

square

#CA523B #6BCA3B #3BB3CA #993BCA

split-complementary

#CA523B #3BCA99 #3B6BCA

monochromatic

#6D2A1E #9D3D2B #CA523B #D77D6B #E4A79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CA523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#CA523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA523B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA523B	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)

#726838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.158 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18772',
    500: '#ca523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca523b;
$custom-light: #e18772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.65,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59161,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA523B

secondary

#91C6D0

accent

#C8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA523B

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

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