#CE5F56#CE5F56

#CE5F56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.143 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5F56
RGB	rgb(206, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 43.26, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 50.70, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1275 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.143 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2281, 21.9818, 11.4007)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5F56 #56C5CE

analogous

#CE5689 #CE5F56 #CE9B56

triadic

#CE5F56 #56CE5F #5F56CE

tetradic

#CE5F56 #89CE56 #56C5CE #9B56CE

square

#CE5F56 #89CE56 #56C5CE #9B56CE

split-complementary

#CE5F56 #56CE9B #5689CE

monochromatic

#832D26 #B33D34 #CE5F56 #DC8C85 #EAB9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#CE5F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#CE5F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5F56

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5F56	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.143 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f85',
    500: '#ce5f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5f56;
$custom-light: #e28f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5F56

secondary

#A8D5D8

accent

#D3DE49

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5F56

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

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