#CE6242#CE6242

#CE6242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.145 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6242
RGB	rgb(206, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 40.46, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 55.54, 43.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1154 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.145 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8075, 22.2543, 7.8264)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6242 #42AECE

analogous

#CE4268 #CE6242 #CEA842

triadic

#CE6242 #42CE62 #6242CE

tetradic

#CE6242 #68CE42 #42AECE #A842CE

square

#CE6242 #68CE42 #42AECE #A842CE

split-complementary

#CE6242 #42CEA8 #4268CE

monochromatic

#77331F #A7482B #CE6242 #DB8A73 #E7B3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#CE6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CE6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6242

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6242	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.145 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39177',
    500: '#ce6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6242;
$custom-light: #e39177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62126,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6242

secondary

#98C6D4

accent

#BEE246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6242

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

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