#CA553B#CA553B

#CA553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.155 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA553B
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 44.95, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 58.88, 40.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1284 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.155 34)
XYZ	xyz(28.3979, 19.3731, 6.3808)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA553B #3BB0CA

analogous

#CA3B68 #CA553B #CA9C3B

triadic

#CA553B #3BCA55 #553BCA

tetradic

#CA553B #68CA3B #3BB0CA #9C3BCA

square

#CA553B #68CA3B #3BB0CA #9C3BCA

split-complementary

#CA553B #3BCA9C #3B68CA

monochromatic

#6D2C1E #9D3F2B #CA553B #D77F6B #E4A99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CA553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CA553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA553B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA553B	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.155 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18972',
    500: '#ca553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca553b;
$custom-light: #e18972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59568,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.19369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA553B

secondary

#91C5D0

accent

#C5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA553B

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

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