#CB5949#CB5949

#CB5949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.149 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5949
RGB	rgb(203, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 44.19, 31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 54.28, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1285 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.149 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4063, 20.3260, 8.6768)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5949 #49BBCB

analogous

#CB497A #CB5949 #CB9A49

triadic

#CB5949 #49CB59 #5949CB

tetradic

#CB5949 #7ACB49 #49BBCB #9A49CB

square

#CB5949 #7ACB49 #49BBCB #9A49CB

split-complementary

#CB5949 #49CB9A #497ACB

monochromatic

#772D22 #A73E30 #CB5949 #D98479 #E6B0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CB5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CB5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5949

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5949	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.149 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18b7c',
    500: '#cb5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5949;
$custom-light: #e18b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60478,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5949

secondary

#9CCDD4

accent

#CCDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5949

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

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