#CB5251#CB5251

#CB5251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.155 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5251
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 48.03, 25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 54.36, 27.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.142 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.155 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1338, 19.3289, 9.9797)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5251 #51CACB

analogous

#CB518D #CB5251 #CB8F51

triadic

#CB5251 #51CB52 #5251CB

tetradic

#CB5251 #8DCB51 #51CACB #8F51CB

square

#CB5251 #8DCB51 #51CACB #8F51CB

split-complementary

#CB5251 #51CB8F #518DCB

monochromatic

#7C2625 #AC3433 #CB5251 #D98180 #E7B0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CB5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CB5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5251

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5251	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.155 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18782',
    500: '#cb5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5251;
$custom-light: #e18782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.492,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59664,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5251

secondary

#A3D5D5

accent

#DCDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5251

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

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