#C16243#C16243

#C16243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.130 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16243
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(15, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 65.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 35.47, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 49.66, 44.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.1015 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.13 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3755, 20.4812, 7.8207)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16243 #43A2C1

analogous

#C14363 #C16243 #C1A143

triadic

#C16243 #43C162 #6243C1

tetradic

#C16243 #63C143 #43A2C1 #A143C1

square

#C16243 #63C143 #43A2C1 #A143C1

split-complementary

#C16243 #43C1A1 #4363C1

monochromatic

#673322 #954A31 #C16243 #D08871 #DFAF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C16243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C16243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16243

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16243	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3505B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.130 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99078',
    500: '#c16243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16243;
$custom-light: #d99078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.762,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60281,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16243

secondary

#94BECC

accent

#B7DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16243

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →