#CE5542#CE5542

#CE5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.158 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5542
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 46.77, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 58.52, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.1349 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.158 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6884, 20.0161, 7.4533)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5542 #42BBCE

analogous

#CE4275 #CE5542 #CE9B42

triadic

#CE5542 #42CE55 #5542CE

tetradic

#CE5542 #75CE42 #42BBCE #9B42CE

square

#CE5542 #75CE42 #42BBCE #9B42CE

split-complementary

#CE5542 #42CE9B #4275CE

monochromatic

#772B1F #A73C2B #CE5542 #DB8173 #E7ACA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CE5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CE5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5542

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5542	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)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.158 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48977',
    500: '#ce5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5542;
$custom-light: #e48977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60276,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5542

secondary

#98CCD4

accent

#CDE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5542

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

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