#CB5550#CB5550

#CB5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.152 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5550
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 46.56, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 53.68, 29.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1372 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.152 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3277, 19.7764, 9.8607)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5550 #50C6CB

analogous

#CB5088 #CB5550 #CB9250

triadic

#CB5550 #50CB55 #5550CB

tetradic

#CB5550 #88CB50 #50C6CB #9250CB

square

#CB5550 #88CB50 #50C6CB #9250CB

split-complementary

#CB5550 #50CB92 #5088CB

monochromatic

#7C2825 #AB3833 #CB5550 #D9837F #E7B1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CB5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CB5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5550

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5550	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.152 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18981',
    500: '#cb5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5550;
$custom-light: #e18981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.439,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60045,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5550

secondary

#A2D3D5

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5550

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

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