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#CE5259

#ce5259 ≈ Indian Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ce5259 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 32.16% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 60.19% magenta, 56.8% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 356.61°, with 55.86% saturation and 56.47% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Indian Red (#cd5c5c), ΔE 2.53.

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Relative luminance0.1988

Complementary

  1. #ce5259
  2. #52cec7

Split complementary

  1. #ce5259
  2. #52ce89
  3. #5297ce

Analogous

  1. #ce5297
  2. #ce5259
  3. #ce8952

Triadic

  1. #ce5259
  2. #59ce52
  3. #5259ce

Tetradic

  1. #ce5259
  2. #cec752
  3. #52cec7
  4. #5259ce

Square

  1. #ce5259
  2. #97ce52
  3. #52cec7
  4. #8952ce

Monochromatic

  1. #691e22
  2. #a52f35
  3. #ce5259
  4. #df8e92
  5. #f0c9cb

Shades

#ce5259 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce5259
  2. #b94a50
  3. #a54247
  4. #90393e
  5. #7c3135
  6. #67292d
  7. #522124
  8. #3e191b
  9. #291012
  10. #150809
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce5259 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce5259
  2. #d3636a
  3. #d8757a
  4. #dd868b
  5. #e2979b
  6. #e7a9ac
  7. #ebbabd
  8. #f0cbcd
  9. #f5dcde
  10. #faeeee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce5259 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce5259
  2. #c6575d
  3. #be5b61
  4. #b76065
  5. #af6469
  6. #a7696d
  7. #9f6e70
  8. #977274
  9. #907778
  10. #887b7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a36d6f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #706b58 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f8556 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e13c55 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e6259 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ac7457 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d94657 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce5259 {
  color: #ce5259;
}
Background
.bg-ce5259 {
  background-color: #ce5259;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce5259 {
  border: 2px solid #ce5259;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce5259;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 82 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 56% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce5259 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce5259, #ce8952);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce5259 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 82 89 / 0.35);
}

#cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 2.53 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.09 #e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 5.61 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 7.74 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 7.75 #ff004f Folly ΔE 8.39 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 8.44 #31ada6 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Indian Red
#ce5259  rgb(206, 82, 89)  hsl(357, 56%, 56%)  Indian Red
#52cec7  rgb(82, 206, 199)  hsl(177, 56%, 56%)  Medium Turquoise
#59ce52  rgb(89, 206, 82)  hsl(117, 56%, 56%)  Lime Green
#5259ce  rgb(82, 89, 206)  hsl(237, 56%, 56%)  Iris