#CE5242#CE5242

#CE5242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.161 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5242
RGB	rgb(206, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 48.16, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 59.27, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1393 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.161 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4572, 19.5537, 7.3763)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5242 #42BECE

analogous

#CE4278 #CE5242 #CE9842

triadic

#CE5242 #42CE52 #5242CE

tetradic

#CE5242 #78CE42 #42BECE #9842CE

square

#CE5242 #78CE42 #42BECE #9842CE

split-complementary

#CE5242 #42CE98 #4278CE

monochromatic

#77291F #A73A2B #CE5242 #DB7E73 #E7ABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CE5242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CE5242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5242

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5242	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)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.161 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48777',
    500: '#ce5242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5242;
$custom-light: #e48777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59879,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5242

secondary

#98CDD4

accent

#D0E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5242

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

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