SoundCloud
Reference value (#FF5500), not official SoundCloud brand guidelines. Confirm against their materials before shipping in their identity.
The widely cited anchor color for SoundCloud is #FF5500 — a mid-tone red tone in the Streaming & media sector. It clears AA large text on white at 3.21:1 but not body copy; on dark grounds it passes AA body text on black at 6.55:1.
Use it as a seed, not a rule: open it in the generator to derive scales, accessible text steps, and themes in the same family, and confirm the current value against SoundCloud's own materials before shipping anything in their identity. Sector neighbors like Netflix, Spotify, Disney+ make useful comparisons when positioning against competitors.
Sector: Streaming & media
Values in every format
- HEX
- #ff5500
- RGB
- rgb(255, 85, 0)
- HSL
- hsl(20, 100%, 50%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.676 0.217 38.8)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 100%, 0%)
Scale derived from the anchor
- 50#fff5f2
- 100#ffe7e0
- 200#ffd4c5
- 300#ffb9a2
- 400#ff906c
- 500 ★#ff5500
- 600#dc4800
- 700#b43900
- 800#8f2c00
- 900#6f2000
- 950#471100
Measured contrast
on white3.21:1 · AA large only
on black6.55:1 · AA normal ✓