#C9503C#C9503C

#C9503C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.158 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9503C
RGB	rgb(201, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 46.97, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 59.33, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.135 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.158 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7745, 18.4848, 6.3795)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9503C #3CB5C9

analogous

#C93C6E #C9503C #C9973C

triadic

#C9503C #3CC950 #503CC9

tetradic

#C9503C #6EC93C #3CB5C9 #973CC9

square

#C9503C #6EC93C #3CB5C9 #973CC9

split-complementary

#C9503C #3CC997 #3C6EC9

monochromatic

#6D291E #9C3B2B #C9503C #D67B6C #E4A69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C9503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C9503C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9503C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9503C	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.158 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18672',
    500: '#c9503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9503c;
$custom-light: #e18672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.511,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58753,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9503C

secondary

#91C7D0

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9503C

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

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