#CA5531#CA5531

#CA5531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.158 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5531
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 49)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 44.49, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 62.04, 44.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1251 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.158 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1629, 19.2791, 5.1434)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5531 #31A6CA

analogous

#CA3159 #CA5531 #CAA231

triadic

#CA5531 #31CA55 #5531CA

tetradic

#CA5531 #59CA31 #31A6CA #A231CA

square

#CA5531 #59CA31 #31A6CA #A231CA

split-complementary

#CA5531 #31CAA2 #3159CA

monochromatic

#672C19 #994025 #CA5531 #D87C60 #E4A591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CA5531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CA5531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5531

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5531	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	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)

#75692C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.158 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2886b',
    500: '#ca5531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5531;
$custom-light: #e2886b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5945,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5531

secondary

#88BECF

accent

#BEE444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5531

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

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