#CB5240#CB5240

#CB5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.158 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5240
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 46.98, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 58.55, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.1356 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.158 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5742, 19.1051, 7.0325)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5240 #40B9CB

analogous

#CB4073 #CB5240 #CB9840

triadic

#CB5240 #40CB52 #5240CB

tetradic

#CB5240 #73CB40 #40B9CB #9840CB

square

#CB5240 #73CB40 #40B9CB #9840CB

split-complementary

#CB5240 #40CB98 #4073CB

monochromatic

#722A1F #A23B2C #CB5240 #D87E70 #E5A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CB5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CB5240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5240

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5240	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)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.158 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28775',
    500: '#cb5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5240;
$custom-light: #e28775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59384,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5240

secondary

#95CAD2

accent

#CDE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5240

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

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