#CA9997#CA9997

#CA9997 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.059 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9997
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(2, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(2, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 25.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 18.01, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 19.78, 24.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0551 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.059 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3349, 37.5754, 34.3477)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9997 #97C8CA

analogous

#CA97AF #CA9997 #CAB397

triadic

#CA9997 #97CA99 #9997CA

tetradic

#CA9997 #AFCA97 #97C8CA #B397CA

square

#CA9997 #AFCA97 #97C8CA #B397CA

split-complementary

#CA9997 #97CAB3 #97AFCA

monochromatic

#99514E #B5716E #CA9997 #DFC1C0 #F3E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CA9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9997

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9997	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.059 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7b5',
    500: '#ca9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9997;
$custom-light: #dbb7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.05912,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9997

secondary

#D7E5E6

accent

#A7AB3A

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9997

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

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