#C16059#C16059

#C16059 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.126 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16059
RGB	rgb(193, 96, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(4, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 38.14, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 44.09, 30.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1133 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.126 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9805, 20.4275, 11.9186)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16059 #59BAC1

analogous

#C15986 #C16059 #C19459

triadic

#C16059 #59C160 #6059C1

tetradic

#C16059 #86C159 #59BAC1 #9459C1

square

#C16059 #86C159 #59BAC1 #9459C1

split-complementary

#C16059 #59C194 #5986C1

monochromatic

#74302B #A1433C #C16059 #D28B86 #E2B5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C16059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C16059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16059

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16059	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 96, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.126 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88f88',
    500: '#c16059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16059;
$custom-light: #d88f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.038,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60349,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16059

secondary

#A5CED1

accent

#CCD553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16059

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

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