#CA5540#CA5540

#CA5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.154 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5540
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 45.21, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 57.39, 38.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1301 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.154 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5338, 19.4275, 7.0968)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5540 #40B5CA

analogous

#CA4070 #CA5540 #CA9A40

triadic

#CA5540 #40CA55 #5540CA

tetradic

#CA5540 #70CA40 #40B5CA #9A40CA

square

#CA5540 #70CA40 #40B5CA #9A40CA

split-complementary

#CA5540 #40CA9A #4070CA

monochromatic

#702C1F #A03E2C #CA5540 #D78070 #E5AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CA5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CA5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5540

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5540	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.154 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18975',
    500: '#ca5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5540;
$custom-light: #e18975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59635,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5540

secondary

#95C8D1

accent

#C9E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5540

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

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