#CE5151#CE5151

#CE5151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.159 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5151
RGB	rgb(206, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 49.53, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 55.93, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1464 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.159 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8840, 19.6047, 9.9934)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5151 #51CECE

analogous

#CE5190 #CE5151 #CE9051

triadic

#CE5151 #51CE51 #5151CE

tetradic

#CE5151 #90CE51 #51CECE #9051CE

square

#CE5151 #90CE51 #51CECE #9051CE

split-complementary

#CE5151 #51CE90 #5190CE

monochromatic

#802424 #B03232 #CE5151 #DB8181 #E9B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CE5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CE5151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5151

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5151	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.159 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38782',
    500: '#ce5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5151;
$custom-light: #e38782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59997,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5151

secondary

#A4D7D7

accent

#DFDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5151

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

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