#CE5E55#CE5E55

#CE5E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.144 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E55
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 43.68, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 51.22, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1287 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.144 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0986, 21.7868, 11.1602)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E55 #55C5CE

analogous

#CE5589 #CE5E55 #CE9B55

triadic

#CE5E55 #55CE5E #5E55CE

tetradic

#CE5E55 #89CE55 #55C5CE #9B55CE

square

#CE5E55 #89CE55 #55C5CE #9B55CE

split-complementary

#CE5E55 #55CE9B #5589CE

monochromatic

#832D26 #B23D33 #CE5E55 #DC8B85 #E9B8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#CE5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#CE5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E55

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E55	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.144 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f85',
    500: '#ce5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e55;
$custom-light: #e28f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.463,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6184,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E55

secondary

#A7D4D8

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E55

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

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