#CE5537#CE5537

#CE5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.160 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5537
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 46.22, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 61.82, 41.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1312 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.16 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3947, 19.8986, 5.9066)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5537 #37B0CE

analogous

#CE3764 #CE5537 #CEA137

triadic

#CE5537 #37CE55 #5537CE

tetradic

#CE5537 #64CE37 #37B0CE #A137CE

square

#CE5537 #64CE37 #37B0CE #A137CE

split-complementary

#CE5537 #37CEA1 #3764CE

monochromatic

#6F2C1B #A03F27 #CE5537 #DA7F68 #E6A999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CE5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CE5537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5537

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5537	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.160 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5896f',
    500: '#ce5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5537;
$custom-light: #e5896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.921,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60133,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5537

secondary

#8FC5D2

accent

#C4E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5537

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

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