#CA5255#CA5255

#CA5255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.153 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5255
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 47.97, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 53.18, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1425 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.153 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0167, 19.2507, 10.7803)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5255 #52CAC7

analogous

#CA5291 #CA5255 #CA8B52

triadic

#CA5255 #55CA52 #5255CA

tetradic

#CA5255 #91CA52 #52CAC7 #8B52CA

square

#CA5255 #91CA52 #52CAC7 #8B52CA

split-complementary

#CA5255 #52CA8B #5291CA

monochromatic

#7C2628 #AB3437 #CA5255 #D88183 #E7B0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CA5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CA5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5255

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5255	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.153 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08784',
    500: '#ca5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5255;
$custom-light: #e08784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59588,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5255

secondary

#A3D5D4

accent

#DDD94B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5255

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

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