#CB5551#CB5551

#CB5551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.151 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5551
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 46.63, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 53.46, 29.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1376 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.151 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3649, 19.7913, 10.0567)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5551 #51C7CB

analogous

#CB518A #CB5551 #CB9251

triadic

#CB5551 #51CB55 #5551CB

tetradic

#CB5551 #8ACB51 #51C7CB #9251CB

square

#CB5551 #8ACB51 #51C7CB #9251CB

split-complementary

#CB5551 #51CB92 #518ACB

monochromatic

#7C2825 #AC3733 #CB5551 #D98380 #E7B1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CB5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CB5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5551

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5551	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.151 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18982',
    500: '#cb5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5551;
$custom-light: #e18982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60064,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5551

secondary

#A3D4D5

accent

#D9DD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5551

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

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