#CE5050#CE5050

#CE5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.160 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5050
RGB	rgb(206, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 49.91, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 56.43, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1474 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.16 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7730, 19.4422, 9.7728)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5050 #50CECE

analogous

#CE508F #CE5050 #CE8F50

triadic

#CE5050 #50CE50 #5050CE

tetradic

#CE5050 #8FCE50 #50CECE #8F50CE

square

#CE5050 #8FCE50 #50CECE #8F50CE

split-complementary

#CE5050 #50CE8F #508FCE

monochromatic

#802424 #B03131 #CE5050 #DB8080 #E9B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CE5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CE5050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5050

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5050	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.160 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38681',
    500: '#ce5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5050;
$custom-light: #e38681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59851,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5050

secondary

#A3D7D7

accent

#E0E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5050

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

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