#CB5656#CB5656

#CB5656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.150 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5656
RGB	rgb(203, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 46.52, 23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 52.15, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1381 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.15 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6387, 20.0276, 11.1072)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5656 #56CBCB

analogous

#CB5691 #CB5656 #CB9156

triadic

#CB5656 #56CB56 #5656CB

tetradic

#CB5656 #91CB56 #56CBCB #9156CB

square

#CB5656 #91CB56 #56CBCB #9156CB

split-complementary

#CB5656 #56CB91 #5691CB

monochromatic

#7F2727 #AE3636 #CB5656 #D98585 #E8B4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CB5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CB5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5656

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5656	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.150 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a85',
    500: '#cb5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5656;
$custom-light: #e08a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60294,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5656

secondary

#A6D6D6

accent

#DCDC4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5656

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

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