#CA5538#CA5538

#CA5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.156 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5538
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 44.80, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 59.81, 41.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1274 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.156 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3223, 19.3429, 5.9828)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5538 #38ADCA

analogous

#CA3864 #CA5538 #CA9E38

triadic

#CA5538 #38CA55 #5538CA

tetradic

#CA5538 #64CA38 #38ADCA #9E38CA

square

#CA5538 #64CA38 #38ADCA #9E38CA

split-complementary

#CA5538 #38CA9E #3864CA

monochromatic

#6B2C1D #9B4029 #CA5538 #D77E68 #E4A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CA5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CA5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5538

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5538	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.156 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18970',
    500: '#ca5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5538;
$custom-light: #e18970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.918,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5953,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5538

secondary

#8EC2CF

accent

#C2E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5538

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

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