#CB5559#CB5559

#CB5559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.150 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5559
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 47.22, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 51.94, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1407 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.15 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6828, 19.9184, 11.7308)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5559 #55CBC7

analogous

#CB5594 #CB5559 #CB8C55

triadic

#CB5559 #59CB55 #5559CB

tetradic

#CB5559 #94CB55 #55CBC7 #8C55CB

square

#CB5559 #94CB55 #55CBC7 #8C55CB

split-complementary

#CB5559 #55CB8C #5594CB

monochromatic

#7F272A #AE3539 #CB5559 #D98487 #E8B3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CB5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CB5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5559

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5559	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#716C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.150 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08987',
    500: '#cb5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5559;
$custom-light: #e08987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.966,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60219,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5559

secondary

#A6D6D4

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5559

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

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