#CE5251#CE5251

#CE5251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.158 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5251
RGB	rgb(206, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 49.08, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 55.63, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1449 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.158 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9589, 19.7544, 10.0184)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5251 #51CDCE

analogous

#CE518F #CE5251 #CE9151

triadic

#CE5251 #51CE52 #5251CE

tetradic

#CE5251 #8FCE51 #51CDCE #9151CE

square

#CE5251 #8FCE51 #51CDCE #9151CE

split-complementary

#CE5251 #51CE91 #518FCE

monochromatic

#802524 #B03332 #CE5251 #DB8181 #E9B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CE5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CE5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5251

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5251	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90854E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.158 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38882',
    500: '#ce5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5251;
$custom-light: #e38882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60126,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5251

secondary

#A4D7D7

accent

#DEDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5251

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

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