#CE5E59#CE5E59

#CE5E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.143 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E59
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 43.98, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 50.35, 29.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1302 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.143 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2621, 21.8522, 12.0209)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E59 #59C9CE

analogous

#CE598E #CE5E59 #CE9859

triadic

#CE5E59 #59CE5E #5E59CE

tetradic

#CE5E59 #8ECE59 #59C9CE #9859CE

square

#CE5E59 #8ECE59 #59C9CE #9859CE

split-complementary

#CE5E59 #59CE98 #598ECE

monochromatic

#852B27 #B53B35 #CE5E59 #DC8C88 #EABAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CE5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#CE5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E59

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E59	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.143 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f88',
    500: '#ce5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e59;
$custom-light: #e28f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.564,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61915,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E59

secondary

#AAD7D9

accent

#D7DE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E59

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

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