#CE4140#CE4140

#CE4140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.178 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4140
RGB	rgb(206, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 55.29, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 64.11, 30.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1613 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.178 25)
XYZ	xyz(28.2723, 17.2767, 6.6955)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4140 #40CDCE

analogous

#CE4086 #CE4140 #CE8840

triadic

#CE4140 #40CE41 #4140CE

tetradic

#CE4140 #86CE40 #40CDCE #8840CE

square

#CE4140 #86CE40 #40CDCE #8840CE

split-complementary

#CE4140 #40CE88 #4086CE

monochromatic

#751F1E #A62C2B #CE4140 #DA7171 #E7A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CE4140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#CE4140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE4140

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE4140	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.178 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e75',
    500: '#ce4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4140;
$custom-light: #e57e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.423,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57825,
    "c": 0.17795,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.17273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4140

secondary

#96D3D4

accent

#E1E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4140

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

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