#CB5140#CB5140

#CB5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.159 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5140
RGB	rgb(203, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 47.44, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 58.80, 36.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.137 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.159 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4993, 18.9554, 7.0075)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5140 #40BACB

analogous

#CB4075 #CB5140 #CB9640

triadic

#CB5140 #40CB51 #5140CB

tetradic

#CB5140 #75CB40 #40BACB #9640CB

square

#CB5140 #75CB40 #40BACB #9640CB

split-complementary

#CB5140 #40CB96 #4075CB

monochromatic

#72291F #A23A2C #CB5140 #D87D70 #E5A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CB5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CB5140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5140

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5140	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.159 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28675',
    500: '#cb5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5140;
$custom-light: #e28675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.338,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.1588,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5140

secondary

#95CAD2

accent

#CEE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5140

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

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