#CB5940#CB5940

#CB5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.151 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5940
RGB	rgb(203, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 43.66, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 56.87, 39.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1252 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.151 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1292, 20.2152, 7.2175)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5940 #40B2CB

analogous

#CB406D #CB5940 #CB9E40

triadic

#CB5940 #40CB59 #5940CB

tetradic

#CB5940 #6DCB40 #40B2CB #9E40CB

square

#CB5940 #6DCB40 #40B2CB #9E40CB

split-complementary

#CB5940 #40CB9E #406DCB

monochromatic

#722E1F #A2412C #CB5940 #D88370 #E5ADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CB5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#CB5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5940

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5940	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.151 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28b75',
    500: '#cb5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5940;
$custom-light: #e28b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.791,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60344,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5940

secondary

#95C7D2

accent

#C5E047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5940

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

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