#CB4B51#CB4B51

#CB4B51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.163 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4B51
RGB	rgb(203, 75, 81)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 51.17, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 56.49, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1519 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.163 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6326, 18.3266, 9.8126)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4B51 #4BCBC5

analogous

#CB4B91 #CB4B51 #CB854B

triadic

#CB4B51 #51CB4B #4B51CB

tetradic

#CB4B51 #91CB4B #4BCBC5 #854BCB

square

#CB4B51 #91CB4B #4BCBC5 #854BCB

split-complementary

#CB4B51 #4BCB85 #4B91CB

monochromatic

#792327 #A83136 #CB4B51 #D97A7F #E6AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#CB4B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CB4B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB4B51

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB4B51	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE314E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 75, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.163 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18381',
    500: '#cb4b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4b51;
$custom-light: #e18381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.188,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58777,
    "c": 0.1626,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4B51

secondary

#9ED4D1

accent

#DFD849

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4B51

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

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