#CA6A51#CA6A51

#CA6A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.128 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6A51
RGB	rgb(202, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 35.78, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 47.42, 41.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.104 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.128 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9988, 23.4621, 10.6792)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6A51 #51B1CA

analogous

#CA5174 #CA6A51 #CAA751

triadic

#CA6A51 #51CA6A #6A51CA

tetradic

#CA6A51 #74CA51 #51B1CA #A751CA

square

#CA6A51 #74CA51 #51B1CA #A751CA

split-complementary

#CA6A51 #51CAA7 #5174CA

monochromatic

#7B3725 #AA4C34 #CA6A51 #D89280 #E7BAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#CA6A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#CA6A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6A51

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6A51	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC5964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.128 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9682',
    500: '#ca6a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6a51;
$custom-light: #df9682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.397,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63028,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6A51

secondary

#A2CAD5

accent

#BFDD4B

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160D0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6A51

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

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