#CE5042#CE5042

#CE5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.163 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5042
RGB	rgb(206, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 49.06, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 59.78, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1421 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.163 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3086, 19.2565, 7.3267)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5042 #42C0CE

analogous

#CE427A #CE5042 #CE9642

triadic

#CE5042 #42CE50 #5042CE

tetradic

#CE5042 #7ACE42 #42C0CE #9642CE

square

#CE5042 #7ACE42 #42C0CE #9642CE

split-complementary

#CE5042 #42CE96 #427ACE

monochromatic

#77281F #A7382B #CE5042 #DB7D73 #E7AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CE5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CE5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5042

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5042	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)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.163 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48677',
    500: '#ce5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5042;
$custom-light: #e48677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5962,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5042

secondary

#98CED4

accent

#D2E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5042

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

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