#CB5543#CB5543

#CB5543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.154 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5543
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 67%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 45.74, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 56.96, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1323 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.154 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8930, 19.6025, 7.5713)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5543 #43B9CB

analogous

#CB4375 #CB5543 #CB9943

triadic

#CB5543 #43CB55 #5543CB

tetradic

#CB5543 #75CB43 #43B9CB #9943CB

square

#CB5543 #75CB43 #43B9CB #9943CB

split-complementary

#CB5543 #43CB99 #4375CB

monochromatic

#742B20 #A43D2D #CB5543 #D88073 #E6ACA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CB5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CB5543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5543

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5543	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)

#746A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.154 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28977',
    500: '#cb5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5543;
$custom-light: #e28977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59831,
    "c": 0.15406,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5543

secondary

#98CBD2

accent

#CCE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5543

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

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