#CB4942#CB4942

#CB4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.167 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4942
RGB	rgb(203, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 51.11, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 60.32, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1489 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.167 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9974, 17.8588, 7.1260)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4942 #42C4CB

analogous

#CB427F #CB4942 #CB8E42

triadic

#CB4942 #42CB49 #4942CB

tetradic

#CB4942 #7FCB42 #42C4CB #8E42CB

square

#CB4942 #7FCB42 #42C4CB #8E42CB

split-complementary

#CB4942 #42CB8E #427FCB

monochromatic

#732420 #A3332D #CB4942 #D87772 #E5A5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CB4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CB4942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CB4942

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CB4942	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.167 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28276',
    500: '#cb4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4942;
$custom-light: #e28276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.066,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58275,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4942

secondary

#97CFD2

accent

#D8E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4942

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

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