#CE5842#CE5842

#CE5842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.155 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5842
RGB	rgb(206, 88, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 45.35, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 57.79, 38.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1306 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.155 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9296, 20.4985, 7.5337)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5842 #42B8CE

analogous

#CE4272 #CE5842 #CE9E42

triadic

#CE5842 #42CE58 #5842CE

tetradic

#CE5842 #72CE42 #42B8CE #9E42CE

square

#CE5842 #72CE42 #42B8CE #9E42CE

split-complementary

#CE5842 #42CE9E #4272CE

monochromatic

#772D1F #A73F2B #CE5842 #DB8373 #E7AEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#CE5842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#CE5842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5842

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5842	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 88, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.155 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48b77',
    500: '#ce5842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5842;
$custom-light: #e48b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60685,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5842

secondary

#98CBD4

accent

#C9E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5842

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

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