#CB523B#CB523B

#CB523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.159 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB523B
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 46.72, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 60.01, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1338 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.159 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4382, 19.0507, 6.3165)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB523B #3BB4CB

analogous

#CB3B6C #CB523B #CB9A3B

triadic

#CB523B #3BCB52 #523BCB

tetradic

#CB523B #6CCB3B #3BB4CB #9A3BCB

square

#CB523B #6CCB3B #3BB4CB #9A3BCB

split-complementary

#CB523B #3BCB9A #3B6CCB

monochromatic

#6E2A1D #9F3D2A #CB523B #D87D6B #E5A79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CB523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CB523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB523B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB523B	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.159 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28772',
    500: '#cb523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb523b;
$custom-light: #e28772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59316,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB523B

secondary

#91C7D1

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB523B

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

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