#CA5557#CA5557

#CA5557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.149 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5557
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 46.72, 22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 51.86, 25.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1389 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.15 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3284, 19.7453, 11.2818)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5557 #55CAC8

analogous

#CA5592 #CA5557 #CA8E55

triadic

#CA5557 #57CA55 #5557CA

tetradic

#CA5557 #92CA55 #55CAC8 #8E55CA

square

#CA5557 #92CA55 #55CAC8 #8E55CA

split-complementary

#CA5557 #55CA8E #5592CA

monochromatic

#7D2729 #AC3638 #CA5557 #D98485 #E7B2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CA5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CA5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5557

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5557	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	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)

#716C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.149 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08986',
    500: '#ca5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5557;
$custom-light: #e08986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.974,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.1495,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5557

secondary

#A5D5D5

accent

#DCD94C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5557

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

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