#CE5040#CE5040

#CE5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.163 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5040
RGB	rgb(206, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 48.96, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 60.32, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1414 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.163 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2506, 19.2333, 7.0216)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5040 #40BECE

analogous

#CE4077 #CE5040 #CE9740

triadic

#CE5040 #40CE50 #5040CE

tetradic

#CE5040 #77CE40 #40BECE #9740CE

square

#CE5040 #77CE40 #40BECE #9740CE

split-complementary

#CE5040 #40CE97 #4077CE

monochromatic

#75281E #A6392B #CE5040 #DA7D71 #E7A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CE5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CE5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5040

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5040	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.163 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48675',
    500: '#ce5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5040;
$custom-light: #e48675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.761,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59591,
    "c": 0.16311,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5040

secondary

#96CDD4

accent

#D1E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5040

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

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