#CA9999#CA9999

#CA9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.059 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9999
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 24.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 18.30, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 19.64, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0559 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.059 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4987, 37.6409, 35.2104)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9999 #99CACA

analogous

#CA99B2 #CA9999 #CAB299

triadic

#CA9999 #99CA99 #9999CA

tetradic

#CA9999 #B2CA99 #99CACA #B299CA

square

#CA9999 #B2CA99 #99CACA #B299CA

split-complementary

#CA9999 #99CAB2 #99B2CA

monochromatic

#995050 #B57171 #CA9999 #DFC1C1 #F4EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CA9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9999

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9999	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.059 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7b7',
    500: '#ca9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9999;
$custom-light: #dbb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.05895,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9999

secondary

#D8E6E6

accent

#AAAA3B

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9999

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

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