#CB2E38#CB2E38

#CB2E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.192 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB2E38
RGB	rgb(203, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 60.60, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 69.19, 28.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1768 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.192 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3225, 14.9401, 5.2384)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB2E38 #2ECBC1

analogous

#CB2E87 #CB2E38 #CB732E

triadic

#CB2E38 #38CB2E #2E38CB

tetradic

#CB2E38 #87CB2E #2ECBC1 #732ECB

square

#CB2E38 #87CB2E #2ECBC1 #732ECB

split-complementary

#CB2E38 #2ECB73 #2E87CB

monochromatic

#67171C #99232A #CB2E38 #DA5C64 #E58E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#CB2E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#CB2E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CB2E38

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB2E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CB2E38	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb2e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.192 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4756f',
    500: '#cb2e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb2e38;
$custom-light: #e4756f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb2e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.178,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55412,
    "c": 0.19243,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB2E38

secondary

#85D0CB

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB2E38

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

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