#CB4949#CB4949

#CB4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.166 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4949
RGB	rgb(203, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 51.52, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 58.67, 28.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1515 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.166 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2165, 17.9465, 8.2802)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4949 #49CBCB

analogous

#CB498A #CB4949 #CB8A49

triadic

#CB4949 #49CB49 #4949CB

tetradic

#CB4949 #8ACB49 #49CBCB #8A49CB

square

#CB4949 #8ACB49 #49CBCB #8A49CB

split-complementary

#CB4949 #49CB8A #498ACB

monochromatic

#772222 #A73030 #CB4949 #D97979 #E6A8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#CB4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#CB4949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB4949

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB4949	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)

#6B6448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.166 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2827c',
    500: '#cb4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4949;
$custom-light: #e2827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58389,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4949

secondary

#9CD4D4

accent

#DFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4949

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

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