#CB5442#CB5442

#CB5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.155 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5442
RGB	rgb(203, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 46.16, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 57.49, 36.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1334 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.155 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7851, 19.4343, 7.3886)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5442 #42B9CB

analogous

#CB4275 #CB5442 #CB9842

triadic

#CB5442 #42CB54 #5442CB

tetradic

#CB5442 #75CB42 #42B9CB #9842CB

square

#CB5442 #75CB42 #42B9CB #9842CB

split-complementary

#CB5442 #42CB98 #4275CB

monochromatic

#732B20 #A33C2D #CB5442 #D87F72 #E5ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CB5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CB5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5442

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5442	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.155 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28877',
    500: '#cb5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5442;
$custom-light: #e28877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.883,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59681,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5442

secondary

#97CAD2

accent

#CCE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5442

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

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