#CA523D#CA523D

#CA523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.157 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA523D
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 46.46, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 58.99, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1335 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.157 32)
XYZ	xyz(28.2196, 18.9319, 6.5822)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA523D #3DB5CA

analogous

#CA3D6F #CA523D #CA993D

triadic

#CA523D #3DCA52 #523DCA

tetradic

#CA523D #6FCA3D #3DB5CA #993DCA

square

#CA523D #6FCA3D #3DB5CA #993DCA

split-complementary

#CA523D #3DCA99 #3D6FCA

monochromatic

#6E2A1E #9F3C2B #CA523D #D77D6D #E4A89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CA523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CA523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA523D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA523D	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.157 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18773',
    500: '#ca523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca523d;
$custom-light: #e18773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.936,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59187,
    "c": 0.15737,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA523D

secondary

#92C7D0

accent

#CAE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA523D

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

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