#CB8985#CB8985

#CB8985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.082 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8985
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(3, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(3, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 34.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 24.72, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 27.68, 26.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0751 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.082 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8092, 32.2839, 26.4257)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8985 #85C7CB

analogous

#CB85A4 #CB8985 #CBAC85

triadic

#CB8985 #85CB89 #8985CB

tetradic

#CB8985 #A4CB85 #85C7CB #AC85CB

square

#CB8985 #A4CB85 #85C7CB #AC85CB

split-complementary

#CB8985 #85CBAC #85A4CB

monochromatic

#964540 #B95F5A #CB8985 #DDB3B0 #F0DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CB8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#CB8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8985

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8985	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.082 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaca8',
    500: '#cb8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8985;
$custom-light: #dcaca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8985

secondary

#CAE0E1

accent

#ACB332

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8985

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

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