#CA5551#CA5551

#CA5551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.150 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5551
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 46.28, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 53.04, 29.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1366 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.15 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0934, 19.6513, 10.0440)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5551 #51C6CA

analogous

#CA518A #CA5551 #CA9151

triadic

#CA5551 #51CA55 #5551CA

tetradic

#CA5551 #8ACA51 #51C6CA #9151CA

square

#CA5551 #8ACA51 #51C6CA #9151CA

split-complementary

#CA5551 #51CA91 #518ACA

monochromatic

#7B2825 #AA3834 #CA5551 #D88380 #E7B1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CA5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CA5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5551

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5551	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)

#726B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F844E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.150 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08982',
    500: '#ca5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5551;
$custom-light: #e08982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.983,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59912,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5551

secondary

#A2D3D5

accent

#D8DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5551

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

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