#CB5540#CB5540

#CB5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.155 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5540
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 45.57, 35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 57.81, 37.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1312 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.155 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8053, 19.5675, 7.1095)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5540 #40B6CB

analogous

#CB4070 #CB5540 #CB9B40

triadic

#CB5540 #40CB55 #5540CB

tetradic

#CB5540 #70CB40 #40B6CB #9B40CB

square

#CB5540 #70CB40 #40B6CB #9B40CB

split-complementary

#CB5540 #40CB9B #4070CB

monochromatic

#722B1F #A23E2C #CB5540 #D88070 #E5ABA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CB5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CB5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5540

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5540	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.155 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28975',
    500: '#cb5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5540;
$custom-light: #e28975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.065,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5540

secondary

#95C9D2

accent

#C9E047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5540

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

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