#CA9596#CA9596

#CA9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.064 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9596
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(359, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 25.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 20.06, 7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 21.35, 20.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0611 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.064 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6103, 36.2556, 33.7072)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9596 #95CAC9

analogous

#CA95B1 #CA9596 #CAAF95

triadic

#CA9596 #96CA95 #9596CA

tetradic

#CA9596 #B1CA95 #95CAC9 #AF95CA

square

#CA9596 #B1CA95 #95CAC9 #AF95CA

split-complementary

#CA9596 #95CAAF #95B1CA

monochromatic

#984C4E #B66C6E #CA9596 #DEBEBE #F3E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CA9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9596

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9596	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.064 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb4b4',
    500: '#ca9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9596;
$custom-light: #dbb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.868,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.06411,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9596

secondary

#D6E5E5

accent

#ACAA39

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9596

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

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