#CA523E#CA523E

#CA523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.157 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA523E
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 46.51, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 58.70, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.1338 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.157 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2467, 18.9427, 6.7254)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA523E #3EB6CA

analogous

#CA3E70 #CA523E #CA983E

triadic

#CA523E #3ECA52 #523ECA

tetradic

#CA523E #70CA3E #3EB6CA #983ECA

square

#CA523E #70CA3E #3EB6CA #983ECA

split-complementary

#CA523E #3ECA98 #3E70CA

monochromatic

#6F2A1F #9F3C2C #CA523E #D77D6E #E4A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CA523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CA523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA523E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA523E	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)

#72683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.157 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18774',
    500: '#ca523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca523e;
$custom-light: #e18774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59201,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA523E

secondary

#93C8D1

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA523E

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

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