#CA5259#CA5259

#CA5259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.153 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5259
RGB	rgb(202, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 48.27, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 52.52, 23.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1441 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.153 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1801, 19.3161, 11.6410)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5259 #52CAC3

analogous

#CA5295 #CA5259 #CA8752

triadic

#CA5259 #59CA52 #5259CA

tetradic

#CA5259 #95CA52 #52CAC3 #8752CA

square

#CA5259 #95CA52 #52CAC3 #8752CA

split-complementary

#CA5259 #52CA87 #5295CA

monochromatic

#7C262B #AB343B #CA5259 #D88186 #E7B0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CA5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CA5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5259

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5259	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)

#6F6A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.153 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08787',
    500: '#ca5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5259;
$custom-light: #e08787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59669,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5259

secondary

#A3D5D2

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5259

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

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