#CE4438#CE4438

#CE4438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.176 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4438
RGB	rgb(206, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 53.72, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 65.46, 34.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1547 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.176 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2376, 17.5457, 5.6404)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4438 #38C2CE

analogous

#CE3877 #CE4438 #CE8F38

triadic

#CE4438 #38CE44 #4438CE

tetradic

#CE4438 #77CE38 #38C2CE #8F38CE

square

#CE4438 #77CE38 #38C2CE #8F38CE

split-complementary

#CE4438 #38CE8F #3877CE

monochromatic

#70221C #A13128 #CE4438 #DA7269 #E6A09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#CE4438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#CE4438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CE4438

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CE4438	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.176 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57f6f',
    500: '#ce4438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4438;
$custom-light: #e57f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58042,
    "c": 0.1763,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4438

secondary

#90CDD2

accent

#D7E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4438

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

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