#CE5A42#CE5A42

#CE5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.153 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5A42
RGB	rgb(206, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 44.40, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 57.32, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1276 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.153 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0960, 20.8314, 7.5892)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5A42 #42B6CE

analogous

#CE4270 #CE5A42 #CEA042

triadic

#CE5A42 #42CE5A #5A42CE

tetradic

#CE5A42 #70CE42 #42B6CE #A042CE

square

#CE5A42 #70CE42 #42B6CE #A042CE

split-complementary

#CE5A42 #42CEA0 #4270CE

monochromatic

#772E1F #A7412B #CE5A42 #DB8473 #E7AFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CE5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CE5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5A42

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5A42	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.153 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48c77',
    500: '#ce5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5a42;
$custom-light: #e48c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60964,
    "c": 0.15264,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5A42

secondary

#98CAD4

accent

#C7E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5A42

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

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