#CA9499#CA9499

#CA9499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.066 H 12.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9499
RGB	rgb(202, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(354, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(354, 27%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 24.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 21.04, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 21.72, 14.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0639 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.066 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6974, 36.0384, 34.9433)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9499 #94CAC5

analogous

#CA94B4 #CA9499 #CAAA94

triadic

#CA9499 #99CA94 #9499CA

tetradic

#CA9499 #B4CA94 #94CAC5 #AA94CA

square

#CA9499 #B4CA94 #94CAC5 #AA94CA

split-complementary

#CA9499 #94CAAA #94B4CA

monochromatic

#984B53 #B66B72 #CA9499 #DEBDC0 #F3E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9499

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9499	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.066 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb3b7',
    500: '#ca9499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9499;
$custom-light: #dbb3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 33.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71967,
    "c": 0.06552,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9499

secondary

#D5E5E3

accent

#ADA239

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9499

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

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