#CB5242#CB5242

#CB5242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.157 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5242
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 47.09, 33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 57.99, 35.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1363 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.157 30)
XYZ	xyz(28.6321, 19.1283, 7.3376)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5242 #42BBCB

analogous

#CB4277 #CB5242 #CB9642

triadic

#CB5242 #42CB52 #5242CB

tetradic

#CB5242 #77CB42 #42BBCB #9642CB

square

#CB5242 #77CB42 #42BBCB #9642CB

split-complementary

#CB5242 #42CB96 #4277CB

monochromatic

#732920 #A33B2D #CB5242 #D87E72 #E5AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CB5242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CB5242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5242

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5242	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.157 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28777',
    500: '#cb5242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5242;
$custom-light: #e28777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.007,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59413,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.19124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5242

secondary

#97CBD2

accent

#CEE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5242

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

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