#CA7272#CA7272

#CA7272 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA7272
RGB	rgb(202, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 34.54, 15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 37.78, 23.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.1041 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.111 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4136, 25.8092, 19.1382)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA7272 #72CACA

analogous

#CA729E #CA7272 #CA9E72

triadic

#CA7272 #72CA72 #7272CA

tetradic

#CA7272 #9ECA72 #72CACA #9E72CA

square

#CA7272 #9ECA72 #72CACA #9E72CA

split-complementary

#CA7272 #72CA9E #729ECA

monochromatic

#8D3535 #B94646 #CA7272 #DB9E9E #EBCBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#CA7272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#CA7272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7272

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA7272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA7272	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca7272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9c9a',
    500: '#ca7272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca7272;
$custom-light: #dd9c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca7272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6499,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA7272

secondary

#BCDCDC

accent

#B9B92D

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF2F2

border

#D5CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7272

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

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