#CB5040#CB5040

#CB5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.160 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5040
RGB	rgb(203, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 47.90, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 59.05, 35.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1384 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.16 30)
XYZ	xyz(28.4255, 18.8078, 6.9829)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5040 #40BBCB

analogous

#CB4076 #CB5040 #CB9540

triadic

#CB5040 #40CB50 #5040CB

tetradic

#CB5040 #76CB40 #40BBCB #9540CB

square

#CB5040 #76CB40 #40BBCB #9540CB

split-complementary

#CB5040 #40CB95 #4076CB

monochromatic

#72281F #A23A2C #CB5040 #D87C70 #E5A8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#CB5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#CB5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5040

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5040	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.160 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28675',
    500: '#cb5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5040;
$custom-light: #e28675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.906,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59121,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.18804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5040

secondary

#95CBD2

accent

#CFE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5040

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

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