#CE523E#CE523E

#CE523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.162 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE523E
RGB	rgb(206, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 47.95, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 60.40, 37.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.1379 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.162 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3434, 19.5082, 6.7768)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE523E #3EBACE

analogous

#CE3E72 #CE523E #CE9A3E

triadic

#CE523E #3ECE52 #523ECE

tetradic

#CE523E #72CE3E #3EBACE #9A3ECE

square

#CE523E #72CE3E #3EBACE #9A3ECE

split-complementary

#CE523E #3ECE9A #3E72CE

monochromatic

#742A1D #A53B2A #CE523E #DA7E6F #E7AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CE523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CE523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE523E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE523E	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)

#73693B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.162 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48774',
    500: '#ce523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce523e;
$custom-light: #e48774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.333,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59822,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE523E

secondary

#95CAD3

accent

#CDE345

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE523E

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

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