#CE5440#CE5440

#CE5440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.159 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5440
RGB	rgb(206, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 47.13, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 59.34, 37.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1357 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.159 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5523, 19.8366, 7.1222)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5440 #40BACE

analogous

#CE4073 #CE5440 #CE9B40

triadic

#CE5440 #40CE54 #5440CE

tetradic

#CE5440 #73CE40 #40BACE #9B40CE

square

#CE5440 #73CE40 #40BACE #9B40CE

split-complementary

#CE5440 #40CE9B #4073CE

monochromatic

#752A1E #A63C2B #CE5440 #DA8071 #E7ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CE5440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CE5440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5440

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5440	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.159 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48875',
    500: '#ce5440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5440;
$custom-light: #e48875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60114,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5440

secondary

#96CBD4

accent

#CCE245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5440

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

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