#CB8481#CB8481

#CB8481 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.088 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8481
RGB	rgb(203, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(2, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 36.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 26.95, 12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 29.91, 25.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% 0.0817 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.088 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8438, 30.7867, 24.7665)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8481 #81C8CB

analogous

#CB81A3 #CB8481 #CBA981

triadic

#CB8481 #81CB84 #8481CB

tetradic

#CB8481 #A3CB81 #81C8CB #A981CB

square

#CB8481 #A3CB81 #81C8CB #A981CB

split-complementary

#CB8481 #81CBA9 #81A3CB

monochromatic

#94413D #B95A56 #CB8481 #DDAEAC #EFD9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CB8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#CB8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8481

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8481	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.088 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda8a5',
    500: '#cb8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8481;
$custom-light: #dda8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.432,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6855,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8481

secondary

#C7DFE0

accent

#AFB531

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8481

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

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