#CB5541#CB5541

#CB5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.155 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5541
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 45.63, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 57.52, 37.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1315 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.155 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8341, 19.5790, 7.2608)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5541 #41B7CB

analogous

#CB4172 #CB5541 #CB9A41

triadic

#CB5541 #41CB55 #5541CB

tetradic

#CB5541 #72CB41 #41B7CB #9A41CB

square

#CB5541 #72CB41 #41B7CB #9A41CB

split-complementary

#CB5541 #41CB9A #4172CB

monochromatic

#722B1F #A23E2C #CB5541 #D88071 #E5ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CB5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CB5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5541

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5541	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.155 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28976',
    500: '#cb5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5541;
$custom-light: #e28976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59802,
    "c": 0.15453,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5541

secondary

#96C9D2

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5541

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

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