#CE4842#CE4842

#CE4842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.171 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4842
RGB	rgb(206, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 52.55, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 61.83, 31.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1531 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.171 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7573, 18.1539, 7.1430)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4842 #42C8CE

analogous

#CE4282 #CE4842 #CE8E42

triadic

#CE4842 #42CE48 #4842CE

tetradic

#CE4842 #82CE42 #42C8CE #8E42CE

square

#CE4842 #82CE42 #42C8CE #8E42CE

split-complementary

#CE4842 #42CE8E #4282CE

monochromatic

#77231F #A7312B #CE4842 #DB7773 #E7A6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CE4842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#CE4842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4842

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4842	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.171 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48276',
    500: '#ce4842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4842;
$custom-light: #e48276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4842

secondary

#98D1D4

accent

#DBE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4842

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

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