#CA5438#CA5438

#CA5438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.157 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5438
RGB	rgb(202, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 45.27, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 60.04, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1288 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.157 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2441, 19.1865, 5.9567)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5438 #38AECA

analogous

#CA3865 #CA5438 #CA9D38

triadic

#CA5438 #38CA54 #5438CA

tetradic

#CA5438 #65CA38 #38AECA #9D38CA

square

#CA5438 #65CA38 #38AECA #9D38CA

split-complementary

#CA5438 #38CA9D #3865CA

monochromatic

#6B2C1D #9B3F29 #CA5438 #D77E68 #E4A799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CA5438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#CA5438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5438

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5438	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.157 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18870',
    500: '#ca5438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5438;
$custom-light: #e18870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.507,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59393,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5438

secondary

#8EC3CF

accent

#C4E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5438

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

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