#CE5E53#CE5E53

#CE5E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.144 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E53
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 43.53, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 51.68, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1279 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.144 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0203, 21.7555, 10.7476)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E53 #53C3CE

analogous

#CE5386 #CE5E53 #CE9C53

triadic

#CE5E53 #53CE5E #5E53CE

tetradic

#CE5E53 #86CE53 #53C3CE #9C53CE

square

#CE5E53 #86CE53 #53C3CE #9C53CE

split-complementary

#CE5E53 #53CE9C #5386CE

monochromatic

#822D25 #B13E33 #CE5E53 #DC8B83 #E9B7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#CE5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#CE5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E53

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E53	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.144 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38f83',
    500: '#ce5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e53;
$custom-light: #e38f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61804,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E53

secondary

#A5D3D8

accent

#D2DF49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E53

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

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