#CE5740#CE5740

#CE5740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.156 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5740
RGB	rgb(206, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 45.72, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 58.62, 38.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1313 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.156 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7901, 20.3123, 7.2014)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5740 #40B7CE

analogous

#CE4070 #CE5740 #CE9E40

triadic

#CE5740 #40CE57 #5740CE

tetradic

#CE5740 #70CE40 #40B7CE #9E40CE

square

#CE5740 #70CE40 #40B7CE #9E40CE

split-complementary

#CE5740 #40CE9E #4070CE

monochromatic

#752C1E #A63F2B #CE5740 #DA8271 #E7ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CE5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CE5740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5740

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5740	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)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.156 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48a75',
    500: '#ce5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5740;
$custom-light: #e48a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.718,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6052,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5740

secondary

#96CAD4

accent

#C9E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5740

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

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