#CE4949#CE4949

#CE4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.169 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4949
RGB	rgb(206, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 52.53, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 59.92, 28.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1544 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.169 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0416, 18.3720, 8.3189)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4949 #49CECE

analogous

#CE498C #CE4949 #CE8C49

triadic

#CE4949 #49CE49 #4949CE

tetradic

#CE4949 #8CCE49 #49CECE #8C49CE

square

#CE4949 #8CCE49 #49CECE #8C49CE

split-complementary

#CE4949 #49CE8C #498CCE

monochromatic

#7B2121 #AC2E2E #CE4949 #DB7979 #E8A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CE4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#CE4949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4949

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4949	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.169 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4827c',
    500: '#ce4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4949;
$custom-light: #e4827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5887,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4949

secondary

#9DD5D5

accent

#E1E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFEE

border

#D6CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4949

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

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