#CE5538#CE5538

#CE5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.160 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5538
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 46.27, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 61.51, 41.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1315 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.16 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4189, 19.9083, 6.0342)
Luminance	0.1990 (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

#CE5538 #38B1CE

analogous

#CE3866 #CE5538 #CEA038

triadic

#CE5538 #38CE55 #5538CE

tetradic

#CE5538 #66CE38 #38B1CE #A038CE

square

#CE5538 #66CE38 #38B1CE #A038CE

split-complementary

#CE5538 #38CEA0 #3866CE

monochromatic

#702C1C #A13F28 #CE5538 #DA7F69 #E6A99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CE5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CE5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5538

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5538	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)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.160 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48970',
    500: '#ce5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5538;
$custom-light: #e48970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60145,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5538

secondary

#90C5D2

accent

#C5E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5538

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

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