#CE5940#CE5940

#CE5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.154 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5940
RGB	rgb(206, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 44.77, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 58.15, 39.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1284 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.154 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9543, 20.6406, 7.2562)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5940 #40B5CE

analogous

#CE406E #CE5940 #CEA040

triadic

#CE5940 #40CE59 #5940CE

tetradic

#CE5940 #6ECE40 #40B5CE #A040CE

square

#CE5940 #6ECE40 #40B5CE #A040CE

split-complementary

#CE5940 #40CEA0 #406ECE

monochromatic

#752E1E #A6402B #CE5940 #DA8371 #E7AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#CE5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#CE5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5940

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5940	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.154 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48b76',
    500: '#ce5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5940;
$custom-light: #e48b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.563,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60796,
    "c": 0.15415,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5940

secondary

#96C9D4

accent

#C7E245

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5940

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

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