#CA5256#CA5256

#CA5256 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.153 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5256
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 48.04, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 53.00, 24.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1429 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.153 21)
XYZ	xyz(29.0567, 19.2667, 10.9910)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5256 #52CAC6

analogous

#CA5292 #CA5256 #CA8A52

triadic

#CA5256 #56CA52 #5256CA

tetradic

#CA5256 #92CA52 #52CAC6 #8A52CA

square

#CA5256 #92CA52 #52CAC6 #8A52CA

split-complementary

#CA5256 #52CA8A #5292CA

monochromatic

#7C2629 #AB3438 #CA5256 #D88184 #E7B0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CA5256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CA5256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5256

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5256	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)

#6F6A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.153 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08785',
    500: '#ca5256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5256;
$custom-light: #e08785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59608,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.19263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5256

secondary

#A3D5D3

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5256

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

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