#CB5250#CB5250

#CB5250 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.155 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5250
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 47.96, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 54.57, 28.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1416 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.155 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0965, 19.3140, 9.7836)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5250 #50C9CB

analogous

#CB508B #CB5250 #CB9050

triadic

#CB5250 #50CB52 #5250CB

tetradic

#CB5250 #8BCB50 #50C9CB #9050CB

square

#CB5250 #8BCB50 #50C9CB #9050CB

split-complementary

#CB5250 #50CB90 #508BCB

monochromatic

#7C2625 #AB3533 #CB5250 #D9817F #E7AFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CB5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CB5250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5250

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5250	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.155 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18781',
    500: '#cb5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5250;
$custom-light: #e18781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.976,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59645,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5250

secondary

#A2D4D5

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5250

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

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