#CE856E#CE856E

#CE856E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE856E
RGB	rgb(206, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(14, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 46.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 25.46, 24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 35.00, 43.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0758 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.097 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6575, 31.0256, 18.8067)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE856E #6EB7CE

analogous

#CE6E87 #CE856E #CEB56E

triadic

#CE856E #6ECE85 #856ECE

tetradic

#CE856E #87CE6E #6EB7CE #B56ECE

square

#CE856E #87CE6E #6EB7CE #B56ECE

split-complementary

#CE856E #6ECEB5 #6E87CE

monochromatic

#914831 #BE5F40 #CE856E #DDAB9C #EDD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CE856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CE856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE856E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE856E	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#978E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a997',
    500: '#ce856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce856e;
$custom-light: #e0a997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.375,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE856E

secondary

#BAD5DE

accent

#99BD29

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE856E

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

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