#CB5049#CB5049

#CB5049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.158 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5049
RGB	rgb(203, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 48.42, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 56.71, 31.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1418 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.158 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7026, 18.9187, 8.4423)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5049 #49C4CB

analogous

#CB4983 #CB5049 #CB9149

triadic

#CB5049 #49CB50 #5049CB

tetradic

#CB5049 #83CB49 #49C4CB #9149CB

square

#CB5049 #83CB49 #49C4CB #9149CB

split-complementary

#CB5049 #49CB91 #4983CB

monochromatic

#772722 #A73630 #CB5049 #D97E79 #E6ACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CB5049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#CB5049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5049

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5049	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.158 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1867c',
    500: '#cb5049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5049;
$custom-light: #e1867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5049

secondary

#9CD1D4

accent

#D7DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5049

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

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