#CE4E49#CE4E49

#CE4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.164 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4E49
RGB	rgb(206, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 50.36, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 58.54, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1475 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.164 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3835, 19.0556, 8.4329)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4E49 #49C9CE

analogous

#CE4986 #CE4E49 #CE9149

triadic

#CE4E49 #49CE4E #4E49CE

tetradic

#CE4E49 #86CE49 #49C9CE #9149CE

square

#CE4E49 #86CE49 #49C9CE #9149CE

split-complementary

#CE4E49 #49CE91 #4986CE

monochromatic

#7B2521 #AC332E #CE4E49 #DB7D79 #E8ACA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CE4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CE4E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4E49

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4E49	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.164 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4857c',
    500: '#ce4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4e49;
$custom-light: #e4857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59477,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4E49

secondary

#9DD3D5

accent

#DBE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4E49

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

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