#CE4042#CE4042

#CE4042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.179 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4042
RGB	rgb(206, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 55.78, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 63.89, 29.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1633 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.179 24)
XYZ	xyz(28.2734, 17.1861, 6.9817)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4042 #40CECC

analogous

#CE4089 #CE4042 #CE8540

triadic

#CE4042 #42CE40 #4042CE

tetradic

#CE4042 #89CE40 #40CECC #8540CE

square

#CE4042 #89CE40 #40CECC #8540CE

split-complementary

#CE4042 #40CE85 #4089CE

monochromatic

#751E1F #A62B2C #CE4042 #DA7172 #E7A1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#CE4042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CE4042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE4042

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE4042	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.179 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57d76',
    500: '#ce4042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4042;
$custom-light: #e57d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.155,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5775,
    "c": 0.17868,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.17182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4042

secondary

#96D4D3

accent

#E2E045

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4042

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

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