#CE3940#CE3940

#CE3940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.185 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE3940
RGB	rgb(206, 57, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 58.27, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 66.07, 28.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1707 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.185 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8452, 16.4224, 6.5531)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE3940 #39CEC7

analogous

#CE398B #CE3940 #CE7D39

triadic

#CE3940 #40CE39 #3940CE

tetradic

#CE3940 #8BCE39 #39CEC7 #7D39CE

square

#CE3940 #8BCE39 #39CEC7 #7D39CE

split-complementary

#CE3940 #39CE7D #398BCE

monochromatic

#711C20 #A2282E #CE3940 #DA6A6F #E69B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#CE3940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#CE3940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE3940

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE3940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE3940	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce3940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 57, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.185 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57a75',
    500: '#ce3940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce3940;
$custom-light: #e57a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce3940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.181,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57017,
    "c": 0.18541,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE3940

secondary

#91D2CF

accent

#E3DC44

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FFEEED

border

#D7C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE3940

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

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