#CB4948#CB4948

#CB4948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.166 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4948
RGB	rgb(203, 73, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 51.46, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 58.89, 29.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.1511 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.166 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1836, 17.9333, 8.1070)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4948 #48CACB

analogous

#CB4889 #CB4948 #CB8B48

triadic

#CB4948 #48CB49 #4948CB

tetradic

#CB4948 #89CB48 #48CACB #8B48CB

square

#CB4948 #89CB48 #48CACB #8B48CB

split-complementary

#CB4948 #48CB8B #4889CB

monochromatic

#772222 #A6302F #CB4948 #D97878 #E6A8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#CB4948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#CB4948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB4948

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB4948	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 73, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.166 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2827b',
    500: '#cb4948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4948;
$custom-light: #e2827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.458,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58372,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4948

secondary

#9BD3D3

accent

#DEDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4948

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

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