#CB5542#CB5542

#CB5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.154 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5542
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 45.68, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 57.24, 37.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.1319 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.154 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8633, 19.5906, 7.4147)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5542 #42B8CB

analogous

#CB4274 #CB5542 #CB9942

triadic

#CB5542 #42CB55 #5542CB

tetradic

#CB5542 #74CB42 #42B8CB #9942CB

square

#CB5542 #74CB42 #42B8CB #9942CB

split-complementary

#CB5542 #42CB99 #4274CB

monochromatic

#732B20 #A33D2D #CB5542 #D88072 #E5ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CB5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CB5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5542

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5542	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)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.154 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28977',
    500: '#cb5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5542;
$custom-light: #e28977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.321,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59817,
    "c": 0.15429,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5542

secondary

#97CAD2

accent

#CBE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5542

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

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