#CE523B#CE523B

#CE523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.162 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE523B
RGB	rgb(206, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 47.80, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 61.28, 38.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1368 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.162 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2633, 19.4762, 6.3552)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE523B #3BB7CE

analogous

#CE3B6E #CE523B #CE9C3B

triadic

#CE523B #3BCE52 #523BCE

tetradic

#CE523B #6ECE3B #3BB7CE #9C3BCE

square

#CE523B #6ECE3B #3BB7CE #9C3BCE

split-complementary

#CE523B #3BCE9C #3B6ECE

monochromatic

#722A1D #A33C29 #CE523B #DA7D6C #E6A89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CE523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CE523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE523B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE523B	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#746938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.162 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48772',
    500: '#ce523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce523b;
$custom-light: #e48772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.388,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59783,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE523B

secondary

#92C9D3

accent

#CAE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE523B

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

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