#CA5542#CA5542

#CA5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.153 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5542
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 45.32, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 56.81, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1309 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.153 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5918, 19.4506, 7.4019)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5542 #42B7CA

analogous

#CA4273 #CA5542 #CA9942

triadic

#CA5542 #42CA55 #5542CA

tetradic

#CA5542 #73CA42 #42B7CA #9942CA

square

#CA5542 #73CA42 #42B7CA #9942CA

split-complementary

#CA5542 #42CA99 #4273CA

monochromatic

#722B20 #A23E2D #CA5542 #D78072 #E5ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CA5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CA5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5542

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5542	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)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.153 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18977',
    500: '#ca5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5542;
$custom-light: #e18977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.382,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59664,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5542

secondary

#96C9D1

accent

#CADF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5542

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

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