#CB5553#CB5553

#CB5553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.151 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5553
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 46.77, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 53.05, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1384 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.151 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4410, 19.8217, 10.4576)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5553 #53C9CB

analogous

#CB538D #CB5553 #CB9153

triadic

#CB5553 #53CB55 #5553CB

tetradic

#CB5553 #8DCB53 #53C9CB #9153CB

square

#CB5553 #8DCB53 #53C9CB #9153CB

split-complementary

#CB5553 #53CB91 #538DCB

monochromatic

#7E2726 #AD3634 #CB5553 #D98382 #E7B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CB5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CB5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5553

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5553	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#726B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.151 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18983',
    500: '#cb5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5553;
$custom-light: #e18983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60101,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5553

secondary

#A4D5D6

accent

#DBDD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5553

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

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