#CE3C42#CE3C42

#CE3C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.182 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE3C42
RGB	rgb(206, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 57.29, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 64.89, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1681 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.182 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0559, 16.7510, 6.9092)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE3C42 #3CCEC8

analogous

#CE3C8B #CE3C42 #CE7F3C

triadic

#CE3C42 #42CE3C #3C42CE

tetradic

#CE3C42 #8BCE3C #3CCEC8 #7F3CCE

square

#CE3C42 #8BCE3C #3CCEC8 #7F3CCE

split-complementary

#CE3C42 #3CCE7F #3C8BCE

monochromatic

#731D20 #A4292E #CE3C42 #DA6D71 #E79EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#CE3C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#CE3C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE3C42

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE3C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE3C42	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce3c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.182 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57c76',
    500: '#ce3c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce3c42;
$custom-light: #e57c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce3c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.534,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5734,
    "c": 0.18247,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE3C42

secondary

#93D3D0

accent

#E3DC45

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE3C42

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

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