#CB5557#CB5557

#CB5557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.151 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5557
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 47.07, 22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 52.29, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.1399 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.151 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6000, 19.8853, 11.2945)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5557 #55CBC9

analogous

#CB5592 #CB5557 #CB8E55

triadic

#CB5557 #57CB55 #5557CB

tetradic

#CB5557 #92CB55 #55CBC9 #8E55CB

square

#CB5557 #92CB55 #55CBC9 #8E55CB

split-complementary

#CB5557 #55CB8E #5592CB

monochromatic

#7F2728 #AE3537 #CB5557 #D98485 #E8B3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CB5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CB5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5557

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5557	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.151 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08986',
    500: '#cb5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5557;
$custom-light: #e08986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.983,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60179,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5557

secondary

#A6D6D5

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5557

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

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