#CB4E51#CB4E51

#CB4E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.159 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB4E51
RGB	rgb(203, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 49.85, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 55.58, 26.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1477 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.159 22)
XYZ	xyz(28.8409, 18.7432, 9.8821)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB4E51 #4ECBC8

analogous

#CB4E8F #CB4E51 #CB894E

triadic

#CB4E51 #51CB4E #4E51CB

tetradic

#CB4E51 #8FCB4E #4ECBC8 #894ECB

square

#CB4E51 #8FCB4E #4ECBC8 #894ECB

split-complementary

#CB4E51 #4ECB89 #4E8FCB

monochromatic

#7B2426 #AA3235 #CB4E51 #D97D80 #E7ADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#CB4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#CB4E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB4E51

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB4E51	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D824E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.159 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18581',
    500: '#cb4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb4e51;
$custom-light: #e18581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.56,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59149,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.18739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB4E51

secondary

#A0D5D3

accent

#DEDA4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB4E51

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

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