#CE5738#CE5738

#CE5738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.158 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5738
RGB	rgb(206, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 45.32, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 61.07, 42.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1286 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.158 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5786, 20.2277, 6.0874)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5738 #38AFCE

analogous

#CE3864 #CE5738 #CEA238

triadic

#CE5738 #38CE57 #5738CE

tetradic

#CE5738 #64CE38 #38AFCE #A238CE

square

#CE5738 #64CE38 #38AFCE #A238CE

split-complementary

#CE5738 #38CEA2 #3864CE

monochromatic

#702D1C #A14128 #CE5738 #DA8069 #E6AA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CE5738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#CE5738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5738

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5738	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	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)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.158 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48a70',
    500: '#ce5738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5738;
$custom-light: #e48a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60417,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5738

secondary

#90C4D2

accent

#C3E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5738

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

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