#CE5442#CE5442

#CE5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.159 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5442
RGB	rgb(206, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 47.24, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 58.77, 36.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1364 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.159 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6102, 19.8597, 7.4273)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5442 #42BCCE

analogous

#CE4276 #CE5442 #CE9A42

triadic

#CE5442 #42CE54 #5442CE

tetradic

#CE5442 #76CE42 #42BCCE #9A42CE

square

#CE5442 #76CE42 #42BCCE #9A42CE

split-complementary

#CE5442 #42CE9A #4276CE

monochromatic

#772A1F #A73B2B #CE5442 #DB8073 #E7ACA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CE5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CE5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5442

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5442	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#746B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.159 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48877',
    500: '#ce5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5442;
$custom-light: #e48877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60142,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5442

secondary

#98CCD4

accent

#CEE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5442

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

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