#CB5253#CB5253

#CB5253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.155 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5253
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 48.17, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 53.97, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1427 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.155 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2099, 19.3594, 10.3805)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5253 #52CBCA

analogous

#CB528F #CB5253 #CB8D52

triadic

#CB5253 #53CB52 #5253CB

tetradic

#CB5253 #8FCB52 #52CBCA #8D52CB

square

#CB5253 #8FCB52 #52CBCA #8D52CB

split-complementary

#CB5253 #52CB8D #528FCB

monochromatic

#7D2626 #AC3435 #CB5253 #D98182 #E7B0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CB5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CB5253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5253

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5253	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)

#706A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.155 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18783',
    500: '#cb5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5253;
$custom-light: #e18783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.504,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59702,
    "c": 0.15451,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5253

secondary

#A3D5D5

accent

#DDDC4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5253

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

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