#C9503E#C9503E

#C9503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.158 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9503E
RGB	rgb(201, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 47.08, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 58.76, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1357 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.158 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8284, 18.5064, 6.6632)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9503E #3EB7C9

analogous

#C93E72 #C9503E #C9963E

triadic

#C9503E #3EC950 #503EC9

tetradic

#C9503E #72C93E #3EB7C9 #963EC9

square

#C9503E #72C93E #3EB7C9 #963EC9

split-complementary

#C9503E #3EC996 #3E72C9

monochromatic

#6E291F #9E3B2C #C9503E #D67B6E #E4A79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C9503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C9503E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9503E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9503E	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)

#70673C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.158 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18674',
    500: '#c9503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9503e;
$custom-light: #e18674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5878,
    "c": 0.15803,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9503E

secondary

#93C8D0

accent

#CCE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9503E

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

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