#CB5259#CB5259

#CB5259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.154 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5259
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 48.62, 20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 52.93, 23.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.1451 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.154 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4516, 19.4561, 11.6537)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5259 #52CBC4

analogous

#CB5295 #CB5259 #CB8752

triadic

#CB5259 #59CB52 #5259CB

tetradic

#CB5259 #95CB52 #52CBC4 #8752CB

square

#CB5259 #95CB52 #52CBC4 #8752CB

split-complementary

#CB5259 #52CB87 #5295CB

monochromatic

#7D262B #AC343B #CB5259 #D98186 #E7B0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CB5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CB5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5259

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5259	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.154 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08787',
    500: '#cb5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5259;
$custom-light: #e08787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.529,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59822,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5259

secondary

#A3D5D3

accent

#DDD54B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5259

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

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