#CA5243#CA5243

#CA5243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.156 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5243
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 46.79, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 57.29, 35.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1356 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.156 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3903, 19.0002, 7.4815)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5243 #43BBCA

analogous

#CA4377 #CA5243 #CA9643

triadic

#CA5243 #43CA52 #5243CA

tetradic

#CA5243 #77CA43 #43BBCA #9643CA

square

#CA5243 #77CA43 #43BBCA #9643CA

split-complementary

#CA5243 #43CA96 #4377CA

monochromatic

#722920 #A23B2E #CA5243 #D77E73 #E5AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CA5243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CA5243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5243

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5243	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)

#726841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.156 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18777',
    500: '#ca5243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5243;
$custom-light: #e18777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59273,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5243

secondary

#97CBD2

accent

#CFDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5243

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

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