#CB5256#CB5256

#CB5256 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.154 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5256
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 48.39, 22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 53.42, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1439 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.154 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3282, 19.4067, 11.0038)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5256 #52CBC7

analogous

#CB5292 #CB5256 #CB8B52

triadic

#CB5256 #56CB52 #5256CB

tetradic

#CB5256 #92CB52 #52CBC7 #8B52CB

square

#CB5256 #92CB52 #52CBC7 #8B52CB

split-complementary

#CB5256 #52CB8B #5292CB

monochromatic

#7D2628 #AC3438 #CB5256 #D98184 #E7B0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CB5256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CB5256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5256

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5256	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#706A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.154 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18785',
    500: '#cb5256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5256;
$custom-light: #e18785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.017,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59761,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5256

secondary

#A3D5D4

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5256

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

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