#CE494D#CE494D

#CE494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.168 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE494D
RGB	rgb(206, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 62.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 52.77, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 59.08, 26.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1559 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.168 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1786, 18.4267, 9.0400)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE494D #49CECA

analogous

#CE4990 #CE494D #CE8749

triadic

#CE494D #4DCE49 #494DCE

tetradic

#CE494D #90CE49 #49CECA #8749CE

square

#CE494D #90CE49 #49CECA #8749CE

split-complementary

#CE494D #49CE87 #4990CE

monochromatic

#7B2124 #AC2E32 #CE494D #DB797C #E8A9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#CE494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CE494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE494D

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE494D	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.168 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4827e',
    500: '#ce494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce494d;
$custom-light: #e4827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.195,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58941,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE494D

secondary

#9DD5D4

accent

#E1DC47

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE494D

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

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