#CA5252#CA5252

#CA5252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.153 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5252
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 47.75, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 53.74, 27.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1414 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.154 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9000, 19.2040, 10.1659)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5252 #52CACA

analogous

#CA528E #CA5252 #CA8E52

triadic

#CA5252 #52CA52 #5252CA

tetradic

#CA5252 #8ECA52 #52CACA #8E52CA

square

#CA5252 #8ECA52 #52CACA #8E52CA

split-complementary

#CA5252 #52CA8E #528ECA

monochromatic

#7C2626 #AB3434 #CA5252 #D88181 #E7B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CA5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#CA5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5252

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5252	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)

#706951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.153 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08782',
    500: '#ca5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5252;
$custom-light: #e08782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59529,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5252

secondary

#A3D5D5

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5252

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

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