#CE5E50#CE5E50

#CE5E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.145 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E50
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 43.32, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 52.42, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1267 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.145 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9070, 21.7102, 10.1508)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E50 #50C0CE

analogous

#CE5081 #CE5E50 #CE9D50

triadic

#CE5E50 #50CE5E #5E50CE

tetradic

#CE5E50 #81CE50 #50C0CE #9D50CE

square

#CE5E50 #81CE50 #50C0CE #9D50CE

split-complementary

#CE5E50 #50CE9D #5081CE

monochromatic

#802E24 #B03F31 #CE5E50 #DB8A80 #E9B6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CE5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#CE5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E50

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E50	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96894E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.145 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38f81',
    500: '#ce5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e50;
$custom-light: #e38f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61751,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E50

secondary

#A3D1D7

accent

#CFE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170D0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E50

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

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