#CE5240#CE5240

#CE5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.161 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5240
RGB	rgb(206, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 48.05, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 59.83, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1386 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.161 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3993, 19.5305, 7.0712)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5240 #40BCCE

analogous

#CE4075 #CE5240 #CE9940

triadic

#CE5240 #40CE52 #5240CE

tetradic

#CE5240 #75CE40 #40BCCE #9940CE

square

#CE5240 #75CE40 #40BCCE #9940CE

split-complementary

#CE5240 #40CE99 #4075CE

monochromatic

#75291E #A63A2B #CE5240 #DA7E71 #E7AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CE5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CE5240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5240

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5240	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.161 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48775',
    500: '#ce5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5240;
$custom-light: #e48775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.606,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5985,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5240

secondary

#96CCD4

accent

#CEE245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5240

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

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