#CE5E49#CE5E49

#CE5E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.147 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E49
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 42.86, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 54.31, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1241 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.147 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6617, 21.6121, 8.8589)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E49 #49B9CE

analogous

#CE4976 #CE5E49 #CEA149

triadic

#CE5E49 #49CE5E #5E49CE

tetradic

#CE5E49 #76CE49 #49B9CE #A149CE

square

#CE5E49 #76CE49 #49B9CE #A149CE

split-complementary

#CE5E49 #49CEA1 #4976CE

monochromatic

#7B2F21 #AC422E #CE5E49 #DB8979 #E8B3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CE5E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#CE5E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E49

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E49	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.147 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38f7c',
    500: '#ce5e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e49;
$custom-light: #e38f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61638,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E49

secondary

#9DCDD5

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170D09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E49

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

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