#CA5550#CA5550

#CA5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.150 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5550
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 46.21, 26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 53.25, 29.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1362 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.15 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0562, 19.6364, 9.8480)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5550 #50C5CA

analogous

#CA5088 #CA5550 #CA9250

triadic

#CA5550 #50CA55 #5550CA

tetradic

#CA5550 #88CA50 #50C5CA #9250CA

square

#CA5550 #88CA50 #50C5CA #9250CA

split-complementary

#CA5550 #50CA92 #5088CA

monochromatic

#7A2925 #A93833 #CA5550 #D8837F #E6B0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CA5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CA5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5550

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5550	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.150 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08981',
    500: '#ca5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5550;
$custom-light: #e08981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59894,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5550

secondary

#A1D2D4

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5550

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

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