#CA6251#CA6251

#CA6251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.136 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6251
RGB	rgb(202, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 39.90, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 49.36, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.1167 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.136 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2125, 21.8895, 10.4171)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6251 #51B9CA

analogous

#CA517C #CA6251 #CA9F51

triadic

#CA6251 #51CA62 #6251CA

tetradic

#CA6251 #7CCA51 #51B9CA #9F51CA

square

#CA6251 #7CCA51 #51B9CA #9F51CA

split-complementary

#CA6251 #51CA9F #517CCA

monochromatic

#7B3225 #AA4434 #CA6251 #D88C80 #E7B7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CA6251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#CA6251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6251

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6251	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96894F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.136 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9182',
    500: '#ca6251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6251;
$custom-light: #df9182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.43,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6251

secondary

#A2CED5

accent

#C8DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6251

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

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