#CE856D#CE856D

#CE856D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.097 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE856D
RGB	rgb(206, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(15, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 25.36, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 35.30, 44.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0754 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.097 39)
XYZ	xyz(36.6034, 31.0040, 18.5216)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE856D #6DB6CE

analogous

#CE6D86 #CE856D #CEB66D

triadic

#CE856D #6DCE85 #856DCE

tetradic

#CE856D #86CE6D #6DB6CE #B66DCE

square

#CE856D #86CE6D #6DB6CE #B66DCE

split-complementary

#CE856D #6DCEB6 #6D86CE

monochromatic

#904830 #BE5F40 #CE856D #DDAB9B #EDD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CE856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CE856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE856D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE856D	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.097 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a997',
    500: '#ce856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce856d;
$custom-light: #e0a997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.845,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68636,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.31001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE856D

secondary

#B9D4DD

accent

#98BD28

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE856D

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

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