#CA5251#CA5251

#CA5251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.154 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5251
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 47.68, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 53.94, 27.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.141 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.154 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8622, 19.1889, 9.9670)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5251 #51C9CA

analogous

#CA518C #CA5251 #CA8E51

triadic

#CA5251 #51CA52 #5251CA

tetradic

#CA5251 #8CCA51 #51C9CA #8E51CA

square

#CA5251 #8CCA51 #51C9CA #8E51CA

split-complementary

#CA5251 #51CA8E #518CCA

monochromatic

#7B2625 #AA3534 #CA5251 #D88180 #E7AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CA5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#CA5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5251

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5251	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.154 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08782',
    500: '#ca5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5251;
$custom-light: #e08782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.496,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5951,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5251

secondary

#A2D4D5

accent

#DBDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5251

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

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