#CE4942#CE4942

#CE4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.170 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4942
RGB	rgb(206, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 52.13, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 61.58, 32.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1517 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.17 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8225, 18.2843, 7.1647)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4942 #42C7CE

analogous

#CE4281 #CE4942 #CE8F42

triadic

#CE4942 #42CE49 #4942CE

tetradic

#CE4942 #81CE42 #42C7CE #8F42CE

square

#CE4942 #81CE42 #42C7CE #8F42CE

split-complementary

#CE4942 #42CE8F #4281CE

monochromatic

#77231F #A7322B #CE4942 #DB7873 #E7A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#CE4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CE4942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4942

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4942	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.170 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48276',
    500: '#ce4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4942;
$custom-light: #e48276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58758,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4942

secondary

#98D1D4

accent

#DAE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4942

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

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