#CE5541#CE5541

#CE5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.158 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5541
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 46.72, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 58.81, 37.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1346 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.158 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6592, 20.0044, 7.2994)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5541 #41BACE

analogous

#CE4173 #CE5541 #CE9C41

triadic

#CE5541 #41CE55 #5541CE

tetradic

#CE5541 #73CE41 #41BACE #9C41CE

square

#CE5541 #73CE41 #41BACE #9C41CE

split-complementary

#CE5541 #41CE9C #4173CE

monochromatic

#762B1E #A73D2B #CE5541 #DB8172 #E7ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CE5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CE5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5541

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5541	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)

#756B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.158 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48976',
    500: '#ce5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5541;
$custom-light: #e48976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.511,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60262,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5541

secondary

#97CBD4

accent

#CCE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5541

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

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