#CB5238#CB5238

#CB5238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.160 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5238
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 46.57, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 60.91, 40.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1328 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.16 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3626, 19.0205, 5.9184)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5238 #38B1CB

analogous

#CB3867 #CB5238 #CB9B38

triadic

#CB5238 #38CB52 #5238CB

tetradic

#CB5238 #67CB38 #38B1CB #9B38CB

square

#CB5238 #67CB38 #38B1CB #9B38CB

split-complementary

#CB5238 #38CB9B #3867CB

monochromatic

#6C2A1C #9D3D29 #CB5238 #D87C69 #E4A699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CB5238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CB5238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5238

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5238	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.160 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28770',
    500: '#cb5238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5238;
$custom-light: #e28770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.612,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59278,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5238

secondary

#8FC4D0

accent

#C6E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5238

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

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