#CE4E50#CE4E50

#CE4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.163 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE4E50
RGB	rgb(206, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 50.80, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 57.02, 27.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1502 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.163 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6288, 19.1537, 9.7247)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE4E50 #4ECECC

analogous

#CE4E90 #CE4E50 #CE8C4E

triadic

#CE4E50 #50CE4E #4E50CE

tetradic

#CE4E50 #90CE4E #4ECECC #8C4ECE

square

#CE4E50 #90CE4E #4ECECC #8C4ECE

split-complementary

#CE4E50 #4ECE8C #4E90CE

monochromatic

#7F2324 #AE3032 #CE4E50 #DB7E7F #E9AEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CE4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CE4E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE4E50

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE4E50	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.163 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38581',
    500: '#ce4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce4e50;
$custom-light: #e38581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.596,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE4E50

secondary

#A1D7D6

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE4E50

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

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