#CE4849#CE4849

#CE4849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.170 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4849
RGB	rgb(206, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(360, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(360, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 52.95, 28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 60.20, 28.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1557 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.17 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9765, 18.2416, 8.2972)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4849 #48CECD

analogous

#CE488C #CE4849 #CE8A48

triadic

#CE4849 #49CE48 #4849CE

tetradic

#CE4849 #8CCE48 #48CECD #8A48CE

square

#CE4849 #8CCE48 #48CECD #8A48CE

split-complementary

#CE4849 #48CE8A #488CCE

monochromatic

#7B2122 #AB2E2F #CE4849 #DB7879 #E8A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#CE4849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#CE4849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4849

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4849	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2294A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.170 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4827c',
    500: '#ce4849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4849;
$custom-light: #e4827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58753,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4849

secondary

#9DD5D5

accent

#E1E047

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFEE

border

#D6CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4849

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

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