#CA523F#CA523F

#CA523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.157 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA523F
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 46.56, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 58.41, 37.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1342 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.157 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2744, 18.9538, 6.8712)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA523F #3FB7CA

analogous

#CA3F72 #CA523F #CA973F

triadic

#CA523F #3FCA52 #523FCA

tetradic

#CA523F #72CA3F #3FB7CA #973FCA

square

#CA523F #72CA3F #3FB7CA #973FCA

split-complementary

#CA523F #3FCA97 #3F72CA

monochromatic

#702A1F #A03C2C #CA523F #D77D6F #E4A89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CA523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CA523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA523F

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA523F	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#72683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.157 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18775',
    500: '#ca523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca523f;
$custom-light: #e18775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.201,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59215,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA523F

secondary

#94C9D1

accent

#CBE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA523F

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

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