#CE5F42#CE5F42

#CE5F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.148 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5F42
RGB	rgb(206, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 41.96, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 56.18, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.12 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.148 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5320, 21.7034, 7.7346)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5F42 #42B1CE

analogous

#CE426B #CE5F42 #CEA542

triadic

#CE5F42 #42CE5F #5F42CE

tetradic

#CE5F42 #6BCE42 #42B1CE #A542CE

square

#CE5F42 #6BCE42 #42B1CE #A542CE

split-complementary

#CE5F42 #42CEA5 #426BCE

monochromatic

#77311F #A7452B #CE5F42 #DB8873 #E7B1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CE5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#CE5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5F42

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5F42	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)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.148 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38f77',
    500: '#ce5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5f42;
$custom-light: #e38f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61682,
    "c": 0.14779,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5F42

secondary

#98C8D4

accent

#C2E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5F42

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

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