#CA5555#CA5555

#CA5555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.150 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5555
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 46.57, 23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 52.23, 26.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1381 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.15 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2479, 19.7131, 10.8574)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5555 #55CACA

analogous

#CA5590 #CA5555 #CA9055

triadic

#CA5555 #55CA55 #5555CA

tetradic

#CA5555 #90CA55 #55CACA #9055CA

square

#CA5555 #90CA55 #55CACA #9055CA

split-complementary

#CA5555 #55CA90 #5590CA

monochromatic

#7D2727 #AC3636 #CA5555 #D98484 #E7B2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CA5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CA5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5555

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5555	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.150 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08985',
    500: '#ca5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5555;
$custom-light: #e08985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59988,
    "c": 0.14971,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5555

secondary

#A5D5D5

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5555

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

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