#CE4E42#CE4E42

#CE4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.165 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4E42
RGB	rgb(206, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 49.96, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 60.29, 34.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1449 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.165 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1643, 18.9679, 7.2787)
Luminance	0.1896 (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

#CE4E42 #42C2CE

analogous

#CE427C #CE4E42 #CE9442

triadic

#CE4E42 #42CE4E #4E42CE

tetradic

#CE4E42 #7CCE42 #42C2CE #9442CE

square

#CE4E42 #7CCE42 #42C2CE #9442CE

split-complementary

#CE4E42 #42CE94 #427CCE

monochromatic

#77261F #A7362B #CE4E42 #DB7C73 #E7A9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CE4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CE4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4E42

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4E42	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2314C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.165 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48577',
    500: '#ce4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4e42;
$custom-light: #e48577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59367,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4E42

secondary

#98CFD4

accent

#D5E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4E42

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

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