#CB523E#CB523E

#CB523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.158 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB523E
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 46.87, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 59.12, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1348 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.158 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5183, 19.0827, 6.7381)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB523E #3EB7CB

analogous

#CB3E70 #CB523E #CB993E

triadic

#CB523E #3ECB52 #523ECB

tetradic

#CB523E #70CB3E #3EB7CB #993ECB

square

#CB523E #70CB3E #3EB7CB #993ECB

split-complementary

#CB523E #3ECB99 #3E70CB

monochromatic

#702A1E #A13C2B #CB523E #D87D6E #E5A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CB523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CB523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB523E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB523E	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.158 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28774',
    500: '#cb523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb523e;
$custom-light: #e28774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.511,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59356,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB523E

secondary

#94C9D1

accent

#CBE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB523E

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

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