#CE523D#CE523D

#CE523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.162 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE523D
RGB	rgb(206, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 47.89, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 60.69, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1375 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.162 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3162, 19.4973, 6.6336)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE523D #3DB9CE

analogous

#CE3D70 #CE523D #CE9B3D

triadic

#CE523D #3DCE52 #523DCE

tetradic

#CE523D #70CE3D #3DB9CE #9B3DCE

square

#CE523D #70CE3D #3DB9CE #9B3DCE

split-complementary

#CE523D #3DCE9B #3D70CE

monochromatic

#732A1D #A43B29 #CE523D #DA7E6E #E7A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CE523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CE523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE523D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE523D	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74693A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.162 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48773',
    500: '#ce523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce523d;
$custom-light: #e48773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.69,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59809,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE523D

secondary

#94CAD3

accent

#CCE345

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE523D

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

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