#CB5237#CB5237

#CB5237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.160 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5237
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 46.53, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 61.22, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1324 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.16 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3384, 19.0108, 5.7909)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5237 #37B0CB

analogous

#CB3766 #CB5237 #CB9C37

triadic

#CB5237 #37CB52 #5237CB

tetradic

#CB5237 #66CB37 #37B0CB #9C37CB

square

#CB5237 #66CB37 #37B0CB #9C37CB

split-complementary

#CB5237 #37CB9C #3766CB

monochromatic

#6C2B1C #9C3E29 #CB5237 #D87C68 #E4A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CB5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CB5237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5237

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5237	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)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.160 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2876f',
    500: '#cb5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5237;
$custom-light: #e2876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.946,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59266,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5237

secondary

#8EC4D0

accent

#C5E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5237

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

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