#CB8585#CB8585

#CB8585 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.087 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8585
RGB	rgb(203, 133, 133)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 34.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 26.90, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 29.12, 22.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0816 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.087 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2511, 31.1677, 26.2397)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8585 #85CBCB

analogous

#CB85A8 #CB8585 #CBA885

triadic

#CB8585 #85CB85 #8585CB

tetradic

#CB8585 #A8CB85 #85CBCB #A885CB

square

#CB8585 #A8CB85 #85CBCB #A885CB

split-complementary

#CB8585 #85CBA8 #85A8CB

monochromatic

#964040 #B95A5A #CB8585 #DDB0B0 #F0DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CB8585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CB8585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8585

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8585	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 133, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.087 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda9a8',
    500: '#cb8585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8585;
$custom-light: #dda9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68827,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8585

secondary

#CAE1E1

accent

#B3B332

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8585

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

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