#CA5257#CA5257

#CA5257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.153 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5257
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 48.12, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 52.84, 24.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1433 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.153 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0972, 19.2829, 11.2047)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5257 #52CAC5

analogous

#CA5293 #CA5257 #CA8952

triadic

#CA5257 #57CA52 #5257CA

tetradic

#CA5257 #93CA52 #52CAC5 #8952CA

square

#CA5257 #93CA52 #52CAC5 #8952CA

split-complementary

#CA5257 #52CA89 #5293CA

monochromatic

#7C2629 #AB3439 #CA5257 #D88184 #E7B0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CA5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CA5257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5257

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5257	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.153 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08786',
    500: '#ca5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5257;
$custom-light: #e08786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5257

secondary

#A3D5D3

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5257

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

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