#CE4A42#CE4A42

#CE4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.169 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4A42
RGB	rgb(206, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 51.70, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 61.32, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1504 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.169 27)
XYZ	xyz(28.8887, 18.4168, 7.1868)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4A42 #42C6CE

analogous

#CE4280 #CE4A42 #CE9042

triadic

#CE4A42 #42CE4A #4A42CE

tetradic

#CE4A42 #80CE42 #42C6CE #9042CE

square

#CE4A42 #80CE42 #42C6CE #9042CE

split-complementary

#CE4A42 #42CE90 #4280CE

monochromatic

#77241F #A7322B #CE4A42 #DB7973 #E7A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#CE4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CE4A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4A42

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4A42	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)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.169 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48376',
    500: '#ce4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4a42;
$custom-light: #e48376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58877,
    "c": 0.16878,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.18413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4A42

secondary

#98D1D4

accent

#D9E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4A42

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

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