#CE4A40#CE4A40

#CE4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.169 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4A40
RGB	rgb(206, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 51.60, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 61.83, 33.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1497 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.169 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8308, 18.3936, 6.8817)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4A40 #40C4CE

analogous

#CE407D #CE4A40 #CE9140

triadic

#CE4A40 #40CE4A #4A40CE

tetradic

#CE4A40 #7DCE40 #40C4CE #9140CE

square

#CE4A40 #7DCE40 #40C4CE #9140CE

split-complementary

#CE4A40 #40CE91 #407DCE

monochromatic

#75241E #A6332B #CE4A40 #DA7871 #E7A6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CE4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CE4A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4A40

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4A40	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.169 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58375',
    500: '#ce4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4a40;
$custom-light: #e58375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.225,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58847,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4A40

secondary

#96CFD4

accent

#D7E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4A40

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

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