#CE5D42#CE5D42

#CE5D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.150 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5D42
RGB	rgb(206, 93, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 42.94, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 56.62, 40.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.1231 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.15 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3542, 21.3477, 7.6753)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5D42 #42B3CE

analogous

#CE426D #CE5D42 #CEA342

triadic

#CE5D42 #42CE5D #5D42CE

tetradic

#CE5D42 #6DCE42 #42B3CE #A342CE

square

#CE5D42 #6DCE42 #42B3CE #A342CE

split-complementary

#CE5D42 #42CEA3 #426DCE

monochromatic

#77301F #A7432B #CE5D42 #DB8773 #E7B0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#CE5D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#CE5D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5D42

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5D42	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 93, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.150 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48e77',
    500: '#ce5d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5d42;
$custom-light: #e48e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61391,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5D42

secondary

#98C8D4

accent

#C4E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5D42

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

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