#CB4A35#CB4A35

#CB4A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.168 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4A35
RGB	rgb(203, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 50.04, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 63.66, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.143 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.168 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7230, 17.8550, 5.3540)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4A35 #35B6CB

analogous

#CB356B #CB4A35 #CB9535

triadic

#CB4A35 #35CB4A #4A35CB

tetradic

#CB4A35 #6BCB35 #35B6CB #9535CB

square

#CB4A35 #6BCB35 #35B6CB #9535CB

split-complementary

#CB4A35 #35CB95 #356BCB

monochromatic

#6A261B #9B3828 #CB4A35 #D87666 #E4A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CB4A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CB4A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CB4A35

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CB4A35	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)

#6E6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.168 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3826d',
    500: '#cb4a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4a35;
$custom-light: #e3826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58218,
    "c": 0.168,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4A35

secondary

#8CC6CF

accent

#CCE246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4A35

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

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