#CB5050#CB5050

#CB5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.157 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5050
RGB	rgb(203, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 48.88, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 55.17, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1445 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.157 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9479, 19.0168, 9.7341)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5050 #50CBCB

analogous

#CB508D #CB5050 #CB8D50

triadic

#CB5050 #50CB50 #5050CB

tetradic

#CB5050 #8DCB50 #50CBCB #8D50CB

square

#CB5050 #8DCB50 #50CBCB #8D50CB

split-complementary

#CB5050 #50CB8D #508DCB

monochromatic

#7C2525 #AB3333 #CB5050 #D97F7F #E7AEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CB5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CB5050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5050

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5050	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E824D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.157 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18681',
    500: '#cb5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5050;
$custom-light: #e18681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59385,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5050

secondary

#A2D5D5

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5050

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

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