#CE9997#CE9997

#CE9997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.064 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9997
RGB	rgb(206, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(2, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 19.53, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 21.43, 24.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0597 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.064 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4315, 38.1408, 34.3991)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9997 #97CCCE

analogous

#CE97B0 #CE9997 #CEB597

triadic

#CE9997 #97CE99 #9997CE

tetradic

#CE9997 #B0CE97 #97CCCE #B597CE

square

#CE9997 #B0CE97 #97CCCE #B597CE

split-complementary

#CE9997 #97CEB5 #97B0CE

monochromatic

#9F4E4B #BA706D #CE9997 #E2C2C1 #F5EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CE9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CE9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9997

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9997	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.064 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7b5',
    500: '#ce9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9997;
$custom-light: #deb7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.06399,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9997

secondary

#D9E8E8

accent

#AAAF37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9997

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

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