#CE4138#CE4138

#CE4138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.179 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4138
RGB	rgb(206, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 54.91, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 66.17, 33.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1585 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.179 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0608, 17.1921, 5.5815)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4138 #38C5CE

analogous

#CE387A #CE4138 #CE8C38

triadic

#CE4138 #38CE41 #4138CE

tetradic

#CE4138 #7ACE38 #38C5CE #8C38CE

square

#CE4138 #7ACE38 #38C5CE #8C38CE

split-complementary

#CE4138 #38CE8C #387ACE

monochromatic

#70211C #A12F28 #CE4138 #DA7069 #E69F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#CE4138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CE4138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE4138

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE4138	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)

#696036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.179 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e6f',
    500: '#ce4138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4138;
$custom-light: #e57e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57713,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4138

secondary

#90CED2

accent

#DAE444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4138

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

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