#CA5242#CA5242

#CA5242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.156 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5242
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 46.73, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 57.56, 35.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1353 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.156 30)
XYZ	xyz(28.3606, 18.9883, 7.3249)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5242 #42BACA

analogous

#CA4276 #CA5242 #CA9642

triadic

#CA5242 #42CA52 #5242CA

tetradic

#CA5242 #76CA42 #42BACA #9642CA

square

#CA5242 #76CA42 #42BACA #9642CA

split-complementary

#CA5242 #42CA96 #4276CA

monochromatic

#722A20 #A23B2D #CA5242 #D77E72 #E5AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CA5242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CA5242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5242

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5242	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.156 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18777',
    500: '#ca5242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5242;
$custom-light: #e18777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59258,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.18984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5242

secondary

#96CAD1

accent

#CEDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5242

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

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