#CE493B#CE493B

#CE493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.171 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE493B
RGB	rgb(206, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 51.78, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 63.43, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1492 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.171 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6286, 18.2067, 6.1436)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE493B #3BC0CE

analogous

#CE3B77 #CE493B #CE923B

triadic

#CE493B #3BCE49 #493BCE

tetradic

#CE493B #77CE3B #3BC0CE #923BCE

square

#CE493B #77CE3B #3BC0CE #923BCE

split-complementary

#CE493B #3BCE92 #3B77CE

monochromatic

#72251D #A33429 #CE493B #DA766C #E6A49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#CE493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CE493B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE493B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE493B	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.171 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58271',
    500: '#ce493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce493b;
$custom-light: #e58271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58658,
    "c": 0.17099,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE493B

secondary

#92CCD3

accent

#D4E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE493B

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

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