#CE4A49#CE4A49

#CE4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.168 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4A49
RGB	rgb(206, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 52.10, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 59.64, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.153 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.168 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1079, 18.5044, 8.3410)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4A49 #49CDCE

analogous

#CE498B #CE4A49 #CE8D49

triadic

#CE4A49 #49CE4A #4A49CE

tetradic

#CE4A49 #8BCE49 #49CDCE #8D49CE

square

#CE4A49 #8BCE49 #49CDCE #8D49CE

split-complementary

#CE4A49 #49CE8D #498BCE

monochromatic

#7B2221 #AC2F2E #CE4A49 #DB7A79 #E8AAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#CE4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#CE4A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4A49

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4A49	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.168 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4837c',
    500: '#ce4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4a49;
$custom-light: #e4837c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.451,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58989,
    "c": 0.16776,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4A49

secondary

#9DD5D5

accent

#E0E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFEE

border

#D6CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4A49

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

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