#CB5038#CB5038

#CB5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.162 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5038
RGB	rgb(203, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 47.50, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 61.37, 39.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1356 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.162 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2140, 18.7232, 5.8689)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5038 #38B3CB

analogous

#CB3869 #CB5038 #CB9938

triadic

#CB5038 #38CB50 #5038CB

tetradic

#CB5038 #69CB38 #38B3CB #9938CB

square

#CB5038 #69CB38 #38B3CB #9938CB

split-complementary

#CB5038 #38CB99 #3869CB

monochromatic

#6C291C #9D3C29 #CB5038 #D87B69 #E4A599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CB5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CB5038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5038

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5038	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.162 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28670',
    500: '#cb5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5038;
$custom-light: #e28670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.796,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59014,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5038

secondary

#8FC5D0

accent

#C8E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5038

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

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