#CB542E#CB542E

#CB542E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.160 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB542E
RGB	rgb(203, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 77.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 45.22, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 63.63, 44.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1267 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.16 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2951, 19.2383, 4.8076)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB542E #2EA5CB

analogous

#CB2E57 #CB542E #CBA32E

triadic

#CB542E #2ECB54 #542ECB

tetradic

#CB542E #57CB2E #2EA5CB #A32ECB

square

#CB542E #57CB2E #2EA5CB #A32ECB

split-complementary

#CB542E #2ECBA3 #2E57CB

monochromatic

#672B17 #993F23 #CB542E #DA7B5C #E5A38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CB542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CB542E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB542E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB542E	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.160 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38869',
    500: '#cb542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb542e;
$custom-light: #e38869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.522,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59437,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB542E

secondary

#85BED0

accent

#BEE642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB542E

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

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