#CE5543#CE5543

#CE5543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.157 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5543
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 67.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 46.82, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 58.24, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1353 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.157 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7181, 20.0280, 7.6100)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5543 #43BCCE

analogous

#CE4376 #CE5543 #CE9A43

triadic

#CE5543 #43CE55 #5543CE

tetradic

#CE5543 #76CE43 #43BCCE #9A43CE

square

#CE5543 #76CE43 #43BCCE #9A43CE

split-complementary

#CE5543 #43CE9A #4376CE

monochromatic

#772B1F #A83C2C #CE5543 #DB8174 #E7ADA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CE5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CE5543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5543

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5543	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)

#756B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.157 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48978',
    500: '#ce5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5543;
$custom-light: #e48978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60291,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5543

secondary

#99CCD4

accent

#CEE246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5543

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

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