#CB494D#CB494D

#CB494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.165 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB494D
RGB	rgb(203, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 62.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 51.77, 25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 57.84, 26.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1531 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.165 22)
XYZ	xyz(28.3534, 18.0013, 9.0013)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB494D #49CBC7

analogous

#CB498E #CB494D #CB8649

triadic

#CB494D #4DCB49 #494DCB

tetradic

#CB494D #8ECB49 #49CBC7 #8649CB

square

#CB494D #8ECB49 #49CBC7 #8649CB

split-complementary

#CB494D #49CB86 #498ECB

monochromatic

#772225 #A73033 #CB494D #D9797C #E6A8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#CB494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#CB494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB494D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB494D	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B644C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.165 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2827e',
    500: '#cb494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb494d;
$custom-light: #e2827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.154,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5846,
    "c": 0.16514,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.17997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB494D

secondary

#9CD4D2

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB494D

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

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