#CB5042#CB5042

#CB5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.159 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5042
RGB	rgb(203, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 48.01, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 58.50, 34.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1391 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.159 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4835, 18.8310, 7.2881)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5042 #42BDCB

analogous

#CB4279 #CB5042 #CB9442

triadic

#CB5042 #42CB50 #5042CB

tetradic

#CB5042 #79CB42 #42BDCB #9442CB

square

#CB5042 #79CB42 #42BDCB #9442CB

split-complementary

#CB5042 #42CB94 #4279CB

monochromatic

#732820 #A3392D #CB5042 #D87C72 #E5A9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#CB5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CB5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5042

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5042	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.159 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28677',
    500: '#cb5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5042;
$custom-light: #e28677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.131,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59151,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5042

secondary

#97CCD2

accent

#D1E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5042

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

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