#CA4255#CA4255

#CA4255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.171 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4255
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 85)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 54.89, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 58.27, 19.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1645 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.171 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9477, 17.1127, 10.4240)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4255 #42CAB7

analogous

#CA4299 #CA4255 #CA7342

triadic

#CA4255 #55CA42 #4255CA

tetradic

#CA4255 #99CA42 #42CAB7 #7342CA

square

#CA4255 #99CA42 #42CAB7 #7342CA

split-complementary

#CA4255 #42CA73 #4299CA

monochromatic

#72202B #A22D3E #CA4255 #D77280 #E5A2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CA4255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CA4255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4255

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4255	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.171 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e84',
    500: '#ca4255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4255;
$custom-light: #e17e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57656,
    "c": 0.1714,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4255

secondary

#96D1C9

accent

#DFCA48

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4255

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

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