#CE4238#CE4238

#CE4238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.178 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4238
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 54.52, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 65.93, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1572 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.178 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1187, 17.3079, 5.6008)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4238 #38C4CE

analogous

#CE3879 #CE4238 #CE8D38

triadic

#CE4238 #38CE42 #4238CE

tetradic

#CE4238 #79CE38 #38C4CE #8D38CE

square

#CE4238 #79CE38 #38C4CE #8D38CE

split-complementary

#CE4238 #38CE8D #3879CE

monochromatic

#70211C #A13028 #CE4238 #DA7169 #E69F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CE4238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CE4238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE4238

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE4238	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.178 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e6f',
    500: '#ce4238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4238;
$custom-light: #e57e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57821,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4238

secondary

#90CED2

accent

#D9E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4238

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

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