#CB4A38#CB4A38

#CB4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.167 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4A38
RGB	rgb(203, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 50.17, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 62.78, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.144 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.167 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7941, 17.8835, 5.7289)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4A38 #38B9CB

analogous

#CB386F #CB4A38 #CB9338

triadic

#CB4A38 #38CB4A #4A38CB

tetradic

#CB4A38 #6FCB38 #38B9CB #9338CB

square

#CB4A38 #6FCB38 #38B9CB #9338CB

split-complementary

#CB4A38 #38CB93 #386FCB

monochromatic

#6C261C #9D3729 #CB4A38 #D87669 #E4A299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CB4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#CB4A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CB4A38

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CB4A38	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.167 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3826f',
    500: '#cb4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4a38;
$custom-light: #e3826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.347,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58255,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4A38

secondary

#8FC8D0

accent

#CFE246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4A38

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

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