#CB523F#CB523F

#CB523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.158 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB523F
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 69%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 46.92, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 58.83, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1352 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.158 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5460, 19.0938, 6.8840)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB523F #3FB8CB

analogous

#CB3F72 #CB523F #CB983F

triadic

#CB523F #3FCB52 #523FCB

tetradic

#CB523F #72CB3F #3FB8CB #983FCB

square

#CB523F #72CB3F #3FB8CB #983FCB

split-complementary

#CB523F #3FCB98 #3F72CB

monochromatic

#712A1F #A13C2C #CB523F #D87D6F #E5A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CB523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CB523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB523F

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB523F	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)

#72683C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.158 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28775',
    500: '#cb523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb523f;
$custom-light: #e28775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.143,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5937,
    "c": 0.15801,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB523F

secondary

#94C9D1

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB523F

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

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