#CB5261#CB5261

#CB5261 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.154 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5261
RGB	rgb(203, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 49.27, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 51.92, 18.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1483 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.154 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8060, 19.5978, 13.5201)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5261 #52CBBC

analogous

#CB529D #CB5261 #CB7F52

triadic

#CB5261 #61CB52 #5261CB

tetradic

#CB5261 #9DCB52 #52CBBC #7F52CB

square

#CB5261 #9DCB52 #52CBBC #7F52CB

split-complementary

#CB5261 #52CB7F #529DCB

monochromatic

#7D2630 #AC3443 #CB5261 #D9818C #E7B0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CB5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CB5261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5261

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5261	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.154 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0888d',
    500: '#cb5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5261;
$custom-light: #e0888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.562,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59997,
    "c": 0.15389,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5261

secondary

#A3D5CF

accent

#DDCB4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5261

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

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