#CA5959#CA5959

#CA5959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.145 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5959
RGB	rgb(202, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 44.96, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 50.22, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1337 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.145 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7351, 20.4262, 11.8260)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5959 #59CACA

analogous

#CA5992 #CA5959 #CA9259

triadic

#CA5959 #59CA59 #5959CA

tetradic

#CA5959 #92CA59 #59CACA #9259CA

square

#CA5959 #92CA59 #59CACA #9259CA

split-complementary

#CA5959 #59CA92 #5992CA

monochromatic

#802929 #AE3838 #CA5959 #D98787 #E8B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CA5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CA5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5959

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5959	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.145 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8c88',
    500: '#ca5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5959;
$custom-light: #df8c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60619,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5959

secondary

#A8D6D6

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5959

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

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