#CE5E40#CE5E40

#CE5E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.149 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E40
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 42.34, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 57.02, 42.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1208 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.149 36)
XYZ	xyz(30.3846, 21.5012, 7.3996)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E40 #40B0CE

analogous

#CE4069 #CE5E40 #CEA540

triadic

#CE5E40 #40CE5E #5E40CE

tetradic

#CE5E40 #69CE40 #40B0CE #A540CE

square

#CE5E40 #69CE40 #40B0CE #A540CE

split-complementary

#CE5E40 #40CEA5 #4069CE

monochromatic

#75311E #A6452B #CE5E40 #DA8771 #E7B0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#CE5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#CE5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E40

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E40	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.149 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48e76',
    500: '#ce5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e40;
$custom-light: #e48e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61509,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.21497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E40

secondary

#96C7D4

accent

#C1E245

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E40

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

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