#CE5555#CE5555

#CE5555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.154 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5555
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 47.98, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 53.92, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.1422 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.154 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3445, 20.2785, 10.9088)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5555 #55CECE

analogous

#CE5592 #CE5555 #CE9255

triadic

#CE5555 #55CE55 #5555CE

tetradic

#CE5555 #92CE55 #55CECE #9255CE

square

#CE5555 #92CE55 #55CECE #9255CE

split-complementary

#CE5555 #55CE92 #5592CE

monochromatic

#832626 #B23333 #CE5555 #DC8585 #E9B4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CE5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CE5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5555

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5555	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.154 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38985',
    500: '#ce5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5555;
$custom-light: #e38985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60594,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5555

secondary

#A7D8D8

accent

#DFDF49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5555

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

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