#CA5541#CA5541

#CA5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.153 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5541
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 45.26, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 57.10, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1305 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.153 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5625, 19.4389, 7.2480)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5541 #41B6CA

analogous

#CA4172 #CA5541 #CA9941

triadic

#CA5541 #41CA55 #5541CA

tetradic

#CA5541 #72CA41 #41B6CA #9941CA

square

#CA5541 #72CA41 #41B6CA #9941CA

split-complementary

#CA5541 #41CA99 #4172CA

monochromatic

#712B20 #A13E2D #CA5541 #D78071 #E5ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CA5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CA5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5541

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5541	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.153 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18976',
    500: '#ca5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5541;
$custom-light: #e18976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.759,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59649,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5541

secondary

#96C9D1

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5541

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

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