#CE4959#CE4959

#CE4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.168 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4959
RGB	rgb(206, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 53.60, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 57.10, 20.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1606 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.168 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6420, 18.6121, 11.4808)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4959 #49CEBE

analogous

#CE499C #CE4959 #CE7C49

triadic

#CE4959 #59CE49 #4959CE

tetradic

#CE4959 #9CCE49 #49CEBE #7C49CE

square

#CE4959 #9CCE49 #49CEBE #7C49CE

split-complementary

#CE4959 #49CE7C #499CCE

monochromatic

#7B212C #AC2E3D #CE4959 #DB7985 #E8A9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#CE4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#CE4959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4959

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4959	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.168 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38387',
    500: '#ce4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4959;
$custom-light: #e38387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.782,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59177,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4959

secondary

#9DD5CF

accent

#E1CE47

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4959

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

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