#CA5539#CA5539

#CA5539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.155 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5539
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 44.85, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 59.50, 41.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1277 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.155 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3470, 19.3527, 6.1128)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5539 #39AECA

analogous

#CA3965 #CA5539 #CA9D39

triadic

#CA5539 #39CA55 #5539CA

tetradic

#CA5539 #65CA39 #39AECA #9D39CA

square

#CA5539 #65CA39 #39AECA #9D39CA

split-complementary

#CA5539 #39CA9D #3965CA

monochromatic

#6C2C1D #9C402A #CA5539 #D77E69 #E4A89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CA5539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CA5539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5539

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5539	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)

#756A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.155 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18970',
    500: '#ca5539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5539;
$custom-light: #e18970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.586,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5539

secondary

#8FC3D0

accent

#C3E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5539

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

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