#CE5E42#CE5E42

#CE5E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.149 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E42
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 42.45, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 56.40, 41.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1215 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.149 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4425, 21.5244, 7.7047)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E42 #42B2CE

analogous

#CE426C #CE5E42 #CEA442

triadic

#CE5E42 #42CE5E #5E42CE

tetradic

#CE5E42 #6CCE42 #42B2CE #A442CE

square

#CE5E42 #6CCE42 #42B2CE #A442CE

split-complementary

#CE5E42 #42CEA4 #426CCE

monochromatic

#77301F #A7442B #CE5E42 #DB8773 #E7B1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#CE5E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#CE5E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E42

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E42	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)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.149 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38f77',
    500: '#ce5e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e42;
$custom-light: #e38f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61536,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E42

secondary

#98C8D4

accent

#C3E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E42

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

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