#C16042#C16042

#C16042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.132 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16042
RGB	rgb(193, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 36.45, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 50.39, 43.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1043 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.132 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1609, 20.0997, 7.6025)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16042 #42A3C1

analogous

#C14263 #C16042 #C19F42

triadic

#C16042 #42C160 #6042C1

tetradic

#C16042 #63C142 #42A3C1 #9F42C1

square

#C16042 #63C142 #42A3C1 #9F42C1

split-complementary

#C16042 #42C19F #4263C1

monochromatic

#673222 #954831 #C16042 #D08770 #DFAE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C16042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C16042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16042

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16042	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.132 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98f77',
    500: '#c16042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16042;
$custom-light: #d98f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.173,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59951,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16042

secondary

#93BECC

accent

#B9DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16042

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

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