#CB523D#CB523D

#CB523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.158 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB523D
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 70%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 46.82, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 59.41, 38.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1345 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.158 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4911, 19.0719, 6.5949)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB523D #3DB6CB

analogous

#CB3D6F #CB523D #CB993D

triadic

#CB523D #3DCB52 #523DCB

tetradic

#CB523D #6FCB3D #3DB6CB #993DCB

square

#CB523D #6FCB3D #3DB6CB #993DCB

split-complementary

#CB523D #3DCB99 #3D6FCB

monochromatic

#702A1E #A03C2B #CB523D #D87D6D #E5A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CB523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CB523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB523D

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB523D	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)

#73683A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.158 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28773',
    500: '#cb523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb523d;
$custom-light: #e28773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.873,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59342,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB523D

secondary

#93C8D1

accent

#CAE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB523D

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

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