#C16252#C16252

#C16252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.125 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16252
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 82)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 57.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 36.53, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 45.16, 36.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1073 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.125 31)
XYZ	xyz(27.8852, 20.6851, 10.5051)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16252 #52B1C1

analogous

#C1527A #C16252 #C19A52

triadic

#C16252 #52C162 #6252C1

tetradic

#C16252 #7AC152 #52B1C1 #9A52C1

square

#C16252 #7AC152 #52B1C1 #9A52C1

split-complementary

#C16252 #52C19A #527AC1

monochromatic

#703328 #9D4738 #C16252 #D18B7F #E1B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#C16252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#C16252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16252

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16252	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2525E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.125 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89083',
    500: '#c16252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16252;
$custom-light: #d89083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.649,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60526,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.20682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16252

secondary

#A0C8CF

accent

#C4D751

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16252

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

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