#CB4A51#CB4A51

#CB4A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.164 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4A51
RGB	rgb(203, 74, 81)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 51.61, 23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 56.80, 24.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1533 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.164 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5653, 18.1920, 9.7902)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4A51 #4ACBC4

analogous

#CB4A92 #CB4A51 #CB844A

triadic

#CB4A51 #51CB4A #4A51CB

tetradic

#CB4A51 #92CB4A #4ACBC4 #844ACB

square

#CB4A51 #92CB4A #4ACBC4 #844ACB

split-complementary

#CB4A51 #4ACB84 #4A92CB

monochromatic

#782327 #A83037 #CB4A51 #D97A7F #E6A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#CB4A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CB4A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB4A51

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB4A51	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)

#6B6550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE304D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 74, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.164 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18381',
    500: '#cb4a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4a51;
$custom-light: #e18381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.744,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58656,
    "c": 0.16372,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4A51

secondary

#9DD4D1

accent

#DFD749

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4A51

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

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