#CE5539#CE5539

#CE5539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.160 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5539
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 46.31, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 61.20, 40.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1318 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.16 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4436, 19.9182, 6.1642)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5539 #39B2CE

analogous

#CE3968 #CE5539 #CEA039

triadic

#CE5539 #39CE55 #5539CE

tetradic

#CE5539 #68CE39 #39B2CE #A039CE

square

#CE5539 #68CE39 #39B2CE #A039CE

split-complementary

#CE5539 #39CEA0 #3968CE

monochromatic

#712C1C #A23F28 #CE5539 #DA7F6A #E6A99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CE5539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CE5539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5539

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5539	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#766B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.160 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48971',
    500: '#ce5539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5539;
$custom-light: #e48971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.275,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60157,
    "c": 0.15982,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5539

secondary

#91C6D2

accent

#C6E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5539

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

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