#C9503B#C9503B

#C9503B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.159 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9503B
RGB	rgb(201, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 46.92, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 59.63, 38.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1346 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.159 32)
XYZ	xyz(27.7483, 18.4744, 6.2416)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9503B #3BB4C9

analogous

#C93B6D #C9503B #C9973B

triadic

#C9503B #3BC950 #503BC9

tetradic

#C9503B #6DC93B #3BB4C9 #973BC9

square

#C9503B #6DC93B #3BB4C9 #973BC9

split-complementary

#C9503B #3BC997 #3B6DC9

monochromatic

#6C291E #9C3C2B #C9503B #D67B6B #E3A69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C9503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C9503B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9503B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9503B	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.159 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18672',
    500: '#c9503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9503b;
$custom-light: #e18672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.873,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58739,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9503B

secondary

#90C6CF

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9503B

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

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