#CC503B#CC503B

#CC503B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.162 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC503B
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 48.00, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 60.90, 38.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1377 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.162 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5629, 18.8944, 6.2797)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC503B #3BB7CC

analogous

#CC3B6F #CC503B #CC993B

triadic

#CC503B #3BCC50 #503BCC

tetradic

#CC503B #6FCC3B #3BB7CC #993BCC

square

#CC503B #6FCC3B #3BB7CC #993BCC

split-complementary

#CC503B #3BCC99 #3B6FCC

monochromatic

#70291D #A03B2A #CC503B #D97B6C #E5A79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CC503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#CC503B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC503B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC503B	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.162 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38672',
    500: '#cc503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc503b;
$custom-light: #e38672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.69,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59209,
    "c": 0.162,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC503B

secondary

#92C8D1

accent

#CBE246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC503B

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

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