#CA8A8A#CA8A8A

#CA8A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.079 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A8A
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 31.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 24.44, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 26.38, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0743 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.079 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0342, 32.5709, 28.3234)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A8A #8ACACA

analogous

#CA8AAA #CA8A8A #CAAA8A

triadic

#CA8A8A #8ACA8A #8A8ACA

tetradic

#CA8A8A #AACA8A #8ACACA #AA8ACA

square

#CA8A8A #AACA8A #8ACACA #AA8ACA

split-complementary

#CA8A8A #8ACAAA #8AAACA

monochromatic

#964444 #B76060 #CA8A8A #DDB4B4 #F0DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CA8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CA8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A8A

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A8A	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.079 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcacac',
    500: '#ca8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a8a;
$custom-light: #dcacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69735,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A8A

secondary

#CEE2E2

accent

#B1B135

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A8A

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

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