#CA5556#CA5556

#CA5556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.150 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5556
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 46.64, 23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 52.04, 26.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.1385 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.15 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2879, 19.7291, 11.0681)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5556 #55CAC9

analogous

#CA5591 #CA5556 #CA8F55

triadic

#CA5556 #56CA55 #5556CA

tetradic

#CA5556 #91CA55 #55CAC9 #8F55CA

square

#CA5556 #91CA55 #55CAC9 #8F55CA

split-complementary

#CA5556 #55CA8F #5591CA

monochromatic

#7D2728 #AC3637 #CA5556 #D98484 #E7B2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CA5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CA5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5556

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5556	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.150 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08985',
    500: '#ca5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5556;
$custom-light: #e08985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.487,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60008,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5556

secondary

#A5D5D5

accent

#DCDB4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5556

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

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