#CB5538#CB5538

#CB5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.157 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5538
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 45.17, 39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 60.24, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1284 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.157 35)
XYZ	xyz(28.5938, 19.4829, 5.9955)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5538 #38AECB

analogous

#CB3864 #CB5538 #CB9F38

triadic

#CB5538 #38CB55 #5538CB

tetradic

#CB5538 #64CB38 #38AECB #9F38CB

square

#CB5538 #64CB38 #38AECB #9F38CB

split-complementary

#CB5538 #38CB9F #3864CB

monochromatic

#6C2C1C #9D4029 #CB5538 #D87E69 #E4A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CB5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CB5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5538

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5538	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.157 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28970',
    500: '#cb5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5538;
$custom-light: #e28970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.837,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59683,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.19479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5538

secondary

#8FC3D0

accent

#C3E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5538

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

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