#CE5E65#CE5E65

#CE5E65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.142 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E65
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 101)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 44.98, 17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 48.37, 21.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.135 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.142 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8077, 22.0704, 14.8944)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E65 #5ECEC7

analogous

#CE5E9D #CE5E65 #CE8F5E

triadic

#CE5E65 #65CE5E #5E65CE

tetradic

#CE5E65 #9DCE5E #5ECEC7 #8F5ECE

square

#CE5E65 #9DCE5E #5ECEC7 #8F5ECE

split-complementary

#CE5E65 #5ECE8F #5E9DCE

monochromatic

#88292F #B73840 #CE5E65 #DC8D92 #EBBCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#CE5E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#CE5E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E65

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E65	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.142 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f90',
    500: '#ce5e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e65;
$custom-light: #e28f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62166,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E65

secondary

#AEDAD7

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E65

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

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