#CE4040#CE4040

#CE4040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.179 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4040
RGB	rgb(206, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 55.68, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 64.36, 30.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1625 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.179 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2154, 17.1629, 6.6765)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4040 #40CECE

analogous

#CE4087 #CE4040 #CE8740

triadic

#CE4040 #40CE40 #4040CE

tetradic

#CE4040 #87CE40 #40CECE #8740CE

square

#CE4040 #87CE40 #40CECE #8740CE

split-complementary

#CE4040 #40CE87 #4087CE

monochromatic

#751E1E #A62B2B #CE4040 #DA7171 #E7A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CE4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CE4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE4040

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE4040	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.179 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57d75',
    500: '#ce4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4040;
$custom-light: #e57d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57719,
    "c": 0.17891,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4040

secondary

#96D4D4

accent

#E2E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4040

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

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