#CE3E40#CE3E40

#CE3E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.181 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE3E40
RGB	rgb(206, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 56.44, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 64.86, 29.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.165 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.181 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1047, 16.9414, 6.6396)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE3E40 #3ECECC

analogous

#CE3E88 #CE3E40 #CE843E

triadic

#CE3E40 #40CE3E #3E40CE

tetradic

#CE3E40 #88CE3E #3ECECC #843ECE

square

#CE3E40 #88CE3E #3ECECC #843ECE

split-complementary

#CE3E40 #3ECE84 #3E88CE

monochromatic

#741D1F #A52A2C #CE3E40 #DA6F70 #E7A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CE3E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CE3E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE3E40

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE3E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE3E40	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce3e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.181 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57c75',
    500: '#ce3e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce3e40;
$custom-light: #e57c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce3e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.167,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57511,
    "c": 0.1808,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE3E40

secondary

#95D3D2

accent

#E3E045

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE3E40

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

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