#CB493E#CB493E

#CB493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.167 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB493E
RGB	rgb(203, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 50.90, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 61.36, 33.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1474 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.167 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8836, 17.8133, 6.5265)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB493E #3EC0CB

analogous

#CB3E7A #CB493E #CB903E

triadic

#CB493E #3ECB49 #493ECB

tetradic

#CB493E #7ACB3E #3EC0CB #903ECB

square

#CB493E #7ACB3E #3EC0CB #903ECB

split-complementary

#CB493E #3ECB90 #3E7ACB

monochromatic

#70251E #A1342B #CB493E #D8766E #E5A49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#CB493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#CB493E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CB493E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CB493E	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)

#6C633C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.167 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28274',
    500: '#cb493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb493e;
$custom-light: #e28274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58215,
    "c": 0.16723,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB493E

secondary

#94CCD1

accent

#D5E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB493E

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

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