#CB5742#CB5742

#CB5742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.152 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5742
RGB	rgb(203, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 44.73, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 56.75, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1289 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.152 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0230, 19.9100, 7.4679)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5742 #42B6CB

analogous

#CB4272 #CB5742 #CB9B42

triadic

#CB5742 #42CB57 #5742CB

tetradic

#CB5742 #72CB42 #42B6CB #9B42CB

square

#CB5742 #72CB42 #42B6CB #9B42CB

split-complementary

#CB5742 #42CB9B #4272CB

monochromatic

#732C20 #A33F2D #CB5742 #D88272 #E5ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CB5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CB5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5742

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5742	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)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.152 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28a77',
    500: '#cb5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5742;
$custom-light: #e28a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.197,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60092,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5742

secondary

#97C9D2

accent

#C9E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5742

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

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