#CE4940#CE4940

#CE4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.170 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4940
RGB	rgb(206, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 52.02, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 62.09, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.151 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.17 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7646, 18.2611, 6.8596)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4940 #40C5CE

analogous

#CE407E #CE4940 #CE9040

triadic

#CE4940 #40CE49 #4940CE

tetradic

#CE4940 #7ECE40 #40C5CE #9040CE

square

#CE4940 #7ECE40 #40C5CE #9040CE

split-complementary

#CE4940 #40CE90 #407ECE

monochromatic

#75241E #A6322B #CE4940 #DA7771 #E7A6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#CE4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#CE4940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4940

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4940	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.170 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58275',
    500: '#ce4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4940;
$custom-light: #e58275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.803,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58728,
    "c": 0.17011,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4940

secondary

#96D0D4

accent

#D8E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4940

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

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