#CE5550#CE5550

#CE5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.155 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5550
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 47.63, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 54.96, 29.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1402 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.155 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1528, 20.2019, 9.8994)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5550 #50C9CE

analogous

#CE508A #CE5550 #CE9450

triadic

#CE5550 #50CE55 #5550CE

tetradic

#CE5550 #8ACE50 #50C9CE #9450CE

square

#CE5550 #8ACE50 #50C9CE #9450CE

split-complementary

#CE5550 #50CE94 #508ACE

monochromatic

#802724 #B03631 #CE5550 #DB8380 #E9B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CE5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#CE5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5550

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5550	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92864D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.155 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38981',
    500: '#ce5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5550;
$custom-light: #e38981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.381,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60502,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5550

secondary

#A3D5D7

accent

#DAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5550

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

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