#CE5A40#CE5A40

#CE5A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.153 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5A40
RGB	rgb(206, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 44.29, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 57.92, 40.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1269 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.153 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0381, 20.8082, 7.2841)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5A40 #40B4CE

analogous

#CE406D #CE5A40 #CEA140

triadic

#CE5A40 #40CE5A #5A40CE

tetradic

#CE5A40 #6DCE40 #40B4CE #A140CE

square

#CE5A40 #6DCE40 #40B4CE #A140CE

split-complementary

#CE5A40 #40CEA1 #406DCE

monochromatic

#752E1E #A6412B #CE5A40 #DA8471 #E7AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CE5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#CE5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5A40

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5A40	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.153 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48c76',
    500: '#ce5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5a40;
$custom-light: #e48c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.986,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60936,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5A40

secondary

#96C8D4

accent

#C6E245

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5A40

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

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