#CA5742#CA5742

#CA5742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.151 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5742
RGB	rgb(202, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 44.37, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 56.32, 38.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1279 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.151 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7514, 19.7700, 7.4552)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5742 #42B5CA

analogous

#CA4271 #CA5742 #CA9B42

triadic

#CA5742 #42CA57 #5742CA

tetradic

#CA5742 #71CA42 #42B5CA #9B42CA

square

#CA5742 #71CA42 #42B5CA #9B42CA

split-complementary

#CA5742 #42CA9B #4271CA

monochromatic

#722D20 #A23F2D #CA5742 #D78172 #E5ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CA5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CA5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5742

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5742	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.151 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18a77',
    500: '#ca5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5742;
$custom-light: #e18a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59941,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5742

secondary

#96C8D1

accent

#C8DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5742

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

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