#CB5638#CB5638

#CB5638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.156 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5638
RGB	rgb(203, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 44.69, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 60.02, 41.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.1269 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.156 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6731, 19.6414, 6.0219)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5638 #38ADCB

analogous

#CB3863 #CB5638 #CB9F38

triadic

#CB5638 #38CB56 #5638CB

tetradic

#CB5638 #63CB38 #38ADCB #9F38CB

square

#CB5638 #63CB38 #38ADCB #9F38CB

split-complementary

#CB5638 #38CB9F #3863CB

monochromatic

#6C2D1C #9D4129 #CB5638 #D87F69 #E4A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CB5638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CB5638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5638

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5638	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.156 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28970',
    500: '#cb5638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5638;
$custom-light: #e28970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59821,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5638

secondary

#8FC3D0

accent

#C2E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5638

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

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