#CB5252#CB5252

#CB5252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.155 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5252
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 59.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 48.10, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 54.16, 27.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1424 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.155 23)
XYZ	xyz(29.1715, 19.3440, 10.1786)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5252 #52CBCB

analogous

#CB528E #CB5252 #CB8E52

triadic

#CB5252 #52CB52 #5252CB

tetradic

#CB5252 #8ECB52 #52CBCB #8E52CB

square

#CB5252 #8ECB52 #52CBCB #8E52CB

split-complementary

#CB5252 #52CB8E #528ECB

monochromatic

#7D2626 #AC3434 #CB5252 #D98181 #E7B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CB5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CB5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5252

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5252	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#706A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.155 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18782',
    500: '#cb5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5252;
$custom-light: #e18782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59683,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.1934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5252

secondary

#A3D5D5

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5252

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

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