#CA523C#CA523C

#CA523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.158 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA523C
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 46.41, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 59.28, 38.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.1331 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.158 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1929, 18.9212, 6.4417)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA523C #3CB4CA

analogous

#CA3C6D #CA523C #CA993C

triadic

#CA523C #3CCA52 #523CCA

tetradic

#CA523C #6DCA3C #3CB4CA #993CCA

square

#CA523C #6DCA3C #3CB4CA #993CCA

split-complementary

#CA523C #3CCA99 #3C6DCA

monochromatic

#6E2A1E #9E3D2B #CA523C #D77D6C #E4A79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CA523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#CA523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA523C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA523C	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)

#726839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.158 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18772',
    500: '#ca523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca523c;
$custom-light: #e18772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.296,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59174,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA523C

secondary

#92C7D0

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA523C

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

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