#CA5240#CA5240

#CA5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.157 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5240
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 46.62, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 58.12, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1345 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.157 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3026, 18.9651, 7.0198)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5240 #40B8CA

analogous

#CA4073 #CA5240 #CA9740

triadic

#CA5240 #40CA52 #5240CA

tetradic

#CA5240 #73CA40 #40B8CA #9740CA

square

#CA5240 #73CA40 #40B8CA #9740CA

split-complementary

#CA5240 #40CA97 #4073CA

monochromatic

#702A1F #A03C2C #CA5240 #D77D70 #E5A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CA5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CA5240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5240

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5240	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)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.157 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18775',
    500: '#ca5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5240;
$custom-light: #e18775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59229,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5240

secondary

#95C9D1

accent

#CCE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5240

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

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