#CE5142#CE5142

#CE5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.162 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5142
RGB	rgb(206, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 48.61, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 59.52, 35.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1407 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.162 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3823, 19.4040, 7.3513)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5142 #42BFCE

analogous

#CE4279 #CE5142 #CE9742

triadic

#CE5142 #42CE51 #5142CE

tetradic

#CE5142 #79CE42 #42BFCE #9742CE

square

#CE5142 #79CE42 #42BFCE #9742CE

split-complementary

#CE5142 #42CE97 #4279CE

monochromatic

#77281F #A7392B #CE5142 #DB7E73 #E7AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CE5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CE5142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5142

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5142	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.162 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48777',
    500: '#ce5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5142;
$custom-light: #e48777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59749,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5142

secondary

#98CED4

accent

#D1E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5142

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

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