#CE5949#CE5949

#CE5949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.152 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5949
RGB	rgb(206, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 45.29, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 55.58, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1316 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.152 30)
XYZ	xyz(30.2314, 20.7515, 8.7155)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5949 #49BECE

analogous

#CE497C #CE5949 #CE9C49

triadic

#CE5949 #49CE59 #5949CE

tetradic

#CE5949 #7CCE49 #49BECE #9C49CE

square

#CE5949 #7CCE49 #49BECE #9C49CE

split-complementary

#CE5949 #49CE9C #497CCE

monochromatic

#7B2C21 #AC3D2E #CE5949 #DB8579 #E8B1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CE5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CE5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5949

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5949	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.152 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c7c',
    500: '#ce5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5949;
$custom-light: #e38c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.218,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60928,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.20748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5949

secondary

#9DCFD5

accent

#CEE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5949

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

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