#CB523C#CB523C

#CB523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.159 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB523C
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 46.77, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 59.71, 38.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1341 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.159 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4644, 19.0612, 6.4544)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB523C #3CB5CB

analogous

#CB3C6E #CB523C #CB9A3C

triadic

#CB523C #3CCB52 #523CCB

tetradic

#CB523C #6ECB3C #3CB5CB #9A3CCB

square

#CB523C #6ECB3C #3CB5CB #9A3CCB

split-complementary

#CB523C #3CCB9A #3C6ECB

monochromatic

#6F2A1E #9F3C2A #CB523C #D87D6C #E5A89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CB523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CB523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB523C

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB523C	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#736839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.159 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28772',
    500: '#cb523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb523c;
$custom-light: #e28772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59329,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB523C

secondary

#92C7D1

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB523C

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

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