#CB5959#CB5959

#CB5959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.146 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5959
RGB	rgb(203, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 45.32, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 50.64, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1347 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.146 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0067, 20.5662, 11.8388)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5959 #59CBCB

analogous

#CB5992 #CB5959 #CB9259

triadic

#CB5959 #59CB59 #5959CB

tetradic

#CB5959 #92CB59 #59CBCB #9259CB

square

#CB5959 #92CB59 #59CBCB #9259CB

split-complementary

#CB5959 #59CB92 #5992CB

monochromatic

#812828 #B03737 #CB5959 #DA8888 #E8B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CB5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#CB5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5959

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5959	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.146 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c88',
    500: '#cb5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5959;
$custom-light: #e08c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60767,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5959

secondary

#A9D7D7

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5959

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

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