#CB4849#CB4849

#CB4849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.167 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4849
RGB	rgb(203, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(360, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(360, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 51.94, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 58.95, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1529 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.167 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1514, 17.8162, 8.2585)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4849 #48CBCA

analogous

#CB488B #CB4849 #CB8948

triadic

#CB4849 #49CB48 #4849CB

tetradic

#CB4849 #8BCB48 #48CBCA #8948CB

square

#CB4849 #8BCB48 #48CBCA #8948CB

split-complementary

#CB4849 #48CB89 #488BCB

monochromatic

#772222 #A62F30 #CB4849 #D97878 #E6A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#CB4849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#CB4849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CB4849

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CB4849	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.167 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2817b',
    500: '#cb4849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4849;
$custom-light: #e2817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.542,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5827,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4849

secondary

#9BD3D3

accent

#DFDE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4849

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

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