#CE423B#CE423B

#CE423B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.178 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE423B
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 59)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 54.65, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 65.13, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1583 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.178 27)
XYZ	xyz(28.1943, 17.3381, 5.9988)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE423B #3BC7CE

analogous

#CE3B7E #CE423B #CE8C3B

triadic

#CE423B #3BCE42 #423BCE

tetradic

#CE423B #7ECE3B #3BC7CE #8C3BCE

square

#CE423B #7ECE3B #3BC7CE #8C3BCE

split-complementary

#CE423B #3BCE8C #3B7ECE

monochromatic

#72211D #A32F29 #CE423B #DA716C #E6A09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#CE423B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#CE423B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE423B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE423B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE423B	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce423b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.178 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e71',
    500: '#ce423b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce423b;
$custom-light: #e57e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce423b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57861,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.17334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE423B

secondary

#92D0D3

accent

#DCE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE423B

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

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