#CB5255#CB5255

#CB5255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.154 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5255
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 48.32, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 53.60, 25.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1435 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.154 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2882, 19.3907, 10.7930)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5255 #52CBC8

analogous

#CB5291 #CB5255 #CB8B52

triadic

#CB5255 #55CB52 #5255CB

tetradic

#CB5255 #91CB52 #52CBC8 #8B52CB

square

#CB5255 #91CB52 #52CBC8 #8B52CB

split-complementary

#CB5255 #52CB8B #5291CB

monochromatic

#7D2628 #AC3437 #CB5255 #D98183 #E7B0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CB5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CB5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5255

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5255	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.154 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18784',
    500: '#cb5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5255;
$custom-light: #e18784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.512,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59741,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5255

secondary

#A3D5D4

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5255

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

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