#C16142#C16142

#C16142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.131 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16142
RGB	rgb(193, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 35.93, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 50.19, 44.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1027 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.131 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2528, 20.2834, 7.6331)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16142 #42A2C1

analogous

#C14262 #C16142 #C1A142

triadic

#C16142 #42C161 #6142C1

tetradic

#C16142 #62C142 #42A2C1 #A142C1

square

#C16142 #62C142 #42A2C1 #A142C1

split-complementary

#C16142 #42C1A1 #4262C1

monochromatic

#673322 #954931 #C16142 #D08870 #DFAE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C16142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C16142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16142

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16142	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.131 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99077',
    500: '#c16142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16142;
$custom-light: #d99077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.646,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60108,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16142

secondary

#93BECC

accent

#B8DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16142

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

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