#CE5959#CE5959

#CE5959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.149 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5959
RGB	rgb(206, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 46.39, 23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 51.92, 26.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1378 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.149 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8318, 20.9916, 11.8774)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5959 #59CECE

analogous

#CE5993 #CE5959 #CE9359

triadic

#CE5959 #59CE59 #5959CE

tetradic

#CE5959 #93CE59 #59CECE #9359CE

square

#CE5959 #93CE59 #59CECE #9359CE

split-complementary

#CE5959 #59CE93 #5993CE

monochromatic

#852727 #B53535 #CE5959 #DC8888 #EAB8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CE5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#CE5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5959

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5959	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.149 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c88',
    500: '#ce5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5959;
$custom-light: #e28c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61213,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5959

secondary

#AAD9D9

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5959

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

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