#CE4C42#CE4C42

#CE4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.167 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4C42
RGB	rgb(206, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 50.84, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 60.80, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1477 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.167 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0244, 18.6881, 7.2320)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4C42 #42C4CE

analogous

#CE427E #CE4C42 #CE9242

triadic

#CE4C42 #42CE4C #4C42CE

tetradic

#CE4C42 #7ECE42 #42C4CE #9242CE

square

#CE4C42 #7ECE42 #42C4CE #9242CE

split-complementary

#CE4C42 #42CE92 #427ECE

monochromatic

#77251F #A7342B #CE4C42 #DB7A73 #E7A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CE4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CE4C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4C42

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4C42	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E22E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.167 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48477',
    500: '#ce4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4c42;
$custom-light: #e48477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59119,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4C42

secondary

#98D0D4

accent

#D7E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4C42

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

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