#CA5442#CA5442

#CA5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.154 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5442
RGB	rgb(202, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 45.79, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 57.06, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1323 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.154 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5136, 19.2943, 7.3759)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5442 #42B8CA

analogous

#CA4274 #CA5442 #CA9842

triadic

#CA5442 #42CA54 #5442CA

tetradic

#CA5442 #74CA42 #42B8CA #9842CA

square

#CA5442 #74CA42 #42B8CA #9842CA

split-complementary

#CA5442 #42CA98 #4274CA

monochromatic

#722B20 #A23D2D #CA5442 #D77F72 #E5AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CA5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CA5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5442

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5442	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.154 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18877',
    500: '#ca5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5442;
$custom-light: #e18877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59527,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5442

secondary

#96CAD1

accent

#CBDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5442

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

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