#CA5537#CA5537

#CA5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.156 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5537
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 44.75, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 60.13, 41.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.127 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.156 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2981, 19.3332, 5.8552)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5537 #37ACCA

analogous

#CA3762 #CA5537 #CA9F37

triadic

#CA5537 #37CA55 #5537CA

tetradic

#CA5537 #62CA37 #37ACCA #9F37CA

square

#CA5537 #62CA37 #37ACCA #9F37CA

split-complementary

#CA5537 #37CA9F #3762CA

monochromatic

#6A2C1C #9B4029 #CA5537 #D77E67 #E4A798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CA5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CA5537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5537

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5537	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.156 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1896f',
    500: '#ca5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5537;
$custom-light: #e1896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59518,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5537

secondary

#8EC2CF

accent

#C2E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5537

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

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