#CA5559#CA5559

#CA5559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.149 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5559
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 46.87, 21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 51.52, 24.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1397 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.149 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4113, 19.7784, 11.7181)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5559 #55CAC6

analogous

#CA5594 #CA5559 #CA8C55

triadic

#CA5559 #59CA55 #5559CA

tetradic

#CA5559 #94CA55 #55CAC6 #8C55CA

square

#CA5559 #94CA55 #55CAC6 #8C55CA

split-complementary

#CA5559 #55CA8C #5594CA

monochromatic

#7D272A #AC363A #CA5559 #D98487 #E7B2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CA5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CA5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5559

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5559	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.149 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08987',
    500: '#ca5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5559;
$custom-light: #e08987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.949,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60069,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5559

secondary

#A5D5D4

accent

#DCD74C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5559

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

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