#CB4959#CB4959

#CB4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.165 H 16.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4959
RGB	rgb(203, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 52.61, 18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 55.92, 19.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1578 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.165 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8169, 18.1867, 11.4422)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4959 #49CBBB

analogous

#CB499A #CB4959 #CB7A49

triadic

#CB4959 #59CB49 #4959CB

tetradic

#CB4959 #9ACB49 #49CBBB #7A49CB

square

#CB4959 #9ACB49 #49CBBB #7A49CB

split-complementary

#CB4959 #49CB7A #499ACB

monochromatic

#77222D #A7303E #CB4959 #D97984 #E6A8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#CB4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CB4959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB4959

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB4959	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.165 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18287',
    500: '#cb4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4959;
$custom-light: #e18287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.615,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58701,
    "c": 0.16459,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4959

secondary

#9CD4CD

accent

#DFCC49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4959

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

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