#C16259#C16259

#C16259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.123 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16259
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 37.11, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 43.48, 31.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1101 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.123 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1653, 20.7971, 11.9802)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16259 #59B8C1

analogous

#C15984 #C16259 #C19659

triadic

#C16259 #59C162 #6259C1

tetradic

#C16259 #84C159 #59B8C1 #9659C1

square

#C16259 #84C159 #59B8C1 #9659C1

split-complementary

#C16259 #59C196 #5984C1

monochromatic

#74322B #A1453C #C16259 #D28C86 #E2B6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#C16259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#C16259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16259

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16259	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.123 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89188',
    500: '#c16259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16259;
$custom-light: #d89188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.192,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60661,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16259

secondary

#A5CDD1

accent

#CAD553

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16259

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

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