#CA9988#CA9988

#CA9988 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.064 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9988
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 136)
HSL	hsl(15, 38%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(15, 33%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 32.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 15.96, 16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 22.63, 45.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0491 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.064 40)
XYZ	xyz(40.1933, 37.1188, 28.3353)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9988 #88B9CA

analogous

#CA8898 #CA9988 #CABA88

triadic

#CA9988 #88CA99 #9988CA

tetradic

#CA9988 #98CA88 #88B9CA #BA88CA

square

#CA9988 #98CA88 #88B9CA #BA88CA

split-complementary

#CA9988 #88CABA #8898CA

monochromatic

#955842 #B7755E #CA9988 #DDBDB2 #F0E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CA9988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9988

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9988	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.064 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7aa',
    500: '#ca9988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9988;
$custom-light: #dbb7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.455,
    "s": 38.372,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72469,
    "c": 0.06402,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.37117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9988

secondary

#CCDCE2

accent

#91B134

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9988

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

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