#CB5440#CB5440

#CB5440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.156 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5440
RGB	rgb(203, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 46.05, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 58.06, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1326 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.156 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7272, 19.4111, 7.0835)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5440 #40B7CB

analogous

#CB4072 #CB5440 #CB9A40

triadic

#CB5440 #40CB54 #5440CB

tetradic

#CB5440 #72CB40 #40B7CB #9A40CB

square

#CB5440 #72CB40 #40B7CB #9A40CB

split-complementary

#CB5440 #40CB9A #4072CB

monochromatic

#722B1F #A23D2C #CB5440 #D87F70 #E5AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CB5440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CB5440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5440

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5440	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)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.156 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28875',
    500: '#cb5440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5440;
$custom-light: #e28875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.633,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59652,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5440

secondary

#95C9D2

accent

#CAE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5440

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

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