#CE5742#CE5742

#CE5742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.156 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5742
RGB	rgb(206, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 45.83, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 58.03, 37.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.132 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.156 32)
XYZ	xyz(29.8481, 20.3355, 7.5066)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5742 #42B9CE

analogous

#CE4273 #CE5742 #CE9D42

triadic

#CE5742 #42CE57 #5742CE

tetradic

#CE5742 #73CE42 #42B9CE #9D42CE

square

#CE5742 #73CE42 #42B9CE #9D42CE

split-complementary

#CE5742 #42CE9D #4273CE

monochromatic

#772C1F #A73E2B #CE5742 #DB8273 #E7ADA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#CE5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#CE5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5742

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5742	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.156 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48a77',
    500: '#ce5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5742;
$custom-light: #e48a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60547,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.20332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5742

secondary

#98CBD4

accent

#CBE246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5742

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

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