#CE3831#CE3831

#CE3831 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.188 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE3831
RGB	rgb(206, 56, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 76.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 57.97, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 70.09, 34.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1666 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.188 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4253, 16.1761, 4.5834)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE3831 #31C7CE

analogous

#CE3179 #CE3831 #CE8631

triadic

#CE3831 #31CE38 #3831CE

tetradic

#CE3831 #79CE31 #31C7CE #8631CE

square

#CE3831 #79CE31 #31C7CE #8631CE

split-complementary

#CE3831 #31CE86 #3179CE

monochromatic

#6B1D19 #9D2B25 #CE3831 #DA6862 #E69894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#CE3831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#CE3831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE3831

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE3831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE3831	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E30038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce3831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 56, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.188 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6796a',
    500: '#ce3831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce3831;
$custom-light: #e6796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce3831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.675,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56718,
    "c": 0.18807,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE3831

secondary

#8ACDD1

accent

#DDE543

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#180A06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE3831

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

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