#CA5A42#CA5A42

#CA5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.148 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5A42
RGB	rgb(202, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 42.91, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 55.60, 39.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1234 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.148 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9994, 20.2659, 7.5378)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5A42 #42B2CA

analogous

#CA426E #CA5A42 #CA9E42

triadic

#CA5A42 #42CA5A #5A42CA

tetradic

#CA5A42 #6ECA42 #42B2CA #9E42CA

square

#CA5A42 #6ECA42 #42B2CA #9E42CA

split-complementary

#CA5A42 #42CA9E #426ECA

monochromatic

#722E20 #A2422D #CA5A42 #D78472 #E5ADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CA5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#CA5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5A42

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5A42	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.148 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18c77',
    500: '#ca5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5a42;
$custom-light: #e18c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60365,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5A42

secondary

#96C7D1

accent

#C5DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5A42

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

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