#CA5656#CA5656

#CA5656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.148 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5656
RGB	rgb(202, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 46.17, 23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 51.73, 26.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.137 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.148 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3672, 19.8876, 11.0945)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5656 #56CACA

analogous

#CA5690 #CA5656 #CA9056

triadic

#CA5656 #56CA56 #5656CA

tetradic

#CA5656 #90CA56 #56CACA #9056CA

square

#CA5656 #90CA56 #56CACA #9056CA

split-complementary

#CA5656 #56CA90 #5690CA

monochromatic

#7E2828 #AD3636 #CA5656 #D98585 #E7B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CA5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CA5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5656

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5656	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.148 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a85',
    500: '#ca5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5656;
$custom-light: #e08a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60144,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5656

secondary

#A6D6D6

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5656

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

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