#CE5C42#CE5C42

#CE5C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.151 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5C42
RGB	rgb(206, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 43.43, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 56.85, 40.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1246 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.151 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2670, 21.1733, 7.6462)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5C42 #42B4CE

analogous

#CE426E #CE5C42 #CEA242

triadic

#CE5C42 #42CE5C #5C42CE

tetradic

#CE5C42 #6ECE42 #42B4CE #A242CE

square

#CE5C42 #6ECE42 #42B4CE #A242CE

split-complementary

#CE5C42 #42CEA2 #426ECE

monochromatic

#772F1F #A7422B #CE5C42 #DB8673 #E7B0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CE5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#CE5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5C42

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5C42	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.151 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48d77',
    500: '#ce5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5c42;
$custom-light: #e48d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61247,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5C42

secondary

#98C9D4

accent

#C5E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5C42

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

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