#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
RGBrgb(206, 64, 64)
HSLhsl(0, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(0, 69%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(48.46, 55.68, 32.28)
CIE-LCHlch(48.46, 64.36, 30.10°)
OKLaboklab(57.72% 0.1625 0.0748)
OKLCHoklch(57.72% 0.179 24.7)
XYZxyz(28.2154, 17.1629, 6.6765)
Luminance0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##CE40401.004.744.434.74
#FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00
#0000004.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00

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

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#CE4040 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva