#CE5540#CE5540

#CE5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.158 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5540
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 46.66, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 59.10, 37.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1342 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.158 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6305, 19.9929, 7.1482)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5540 #40B9CE

analogous

#CE4072 #CE5540 #CE9C40

triadic

#CE5540 #40CE55 #5540CE

tetradic

#CE5540 #72CE40 #40B9CE #9C40CE

square

#CE5540 #72CE40 #40B9CE #9C40CE

split-complementary

#CE5540 #40CE9C #4072CE

monochromatic

#752B1E #A63D2B #CE5540 #DA8071 #E7ACA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CE5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CE5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5540

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5540	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.158 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48975',
    500: '#ce5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5540;
$custom-light: #e48975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.873,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60248,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5540

secondary

#96CBD4

accent

#CBE245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5540

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

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