#CA4551#CA4551

#CA4551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.168 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4551
RGB	rgb(202, 69, 81)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 53.39, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 57.92, 22.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.159 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.168 19)
XYZ	xyz(27.9731, 17.4107, 9.6706)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4551 #45CABE

analogous

#CA4594 #CA4551 #CA7B45

triadic

#CA4551 #51CA45 #4551CA

tetradic

#CA4551 #94CA45 #45CABE #7B45CA

square

#CA4551 #94CA45 #45CABE #7B45CA

split-complementary

#CA4551 #45CA7B #4594CA

monochromatic

#742128 #A32F39 #CA4551 #D8757E #E5A4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#CA4551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#CA4551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4551

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4551	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD284A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 69, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.168 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18081',
    500: '#ca4551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4551;
$custom-light: #e18081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.586,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57909,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.17407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4551

secondary

#99D2CD

accent

#DFD149

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4551

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

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