#CE4240#CE4240

#CE4240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.177 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4240
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 54.90, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 63.86, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1601 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.177 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3303, 17.3925, 6.7148)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4240 #40CCCE

analogous

#CE4085 #CE4240 #CE8940

triadic

#CE4240 #40CE42 #4240CE

tetradic

#CE4240 #85CE40 #40CCCE #8940CE

square

#CE4240 #85CE40 #40CCCE #8940CE

split-complementary

#CE4240 #40CE89 #4085CE

monochromatic

#751F1E #A62C2B #CE4240 #DA7271 #E7A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#CE4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#CE4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE4240

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE4240	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.177 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e75',
    500: '#ce4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4240;
$custom-light: #e57e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57933,
    "c": 0.17699,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4240

secondary

#96D3D4

accent

#E0E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4240

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

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