#C16279#C16279

#C16279 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.123 H 6.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16279
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 121)
HSL	hsl(345, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(345, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 37.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, 40.39, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 40.68, 6.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1227 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.123 6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8127, 21.4561, 20.6568)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16279 #62C1AA

analogous

#C162A8 #C16279 #C17B62

triadic

#C16279 #79C162 #6279C1

tetradic

#C16279 #A8C162 #62C1AA #7B62C1

square

#C16279 #A8C162 #62C1AA #7B62C1

split-complementary

#C16279 #62C17B #62A8C1

monochromatic

#793041 #A54159 #C16279 #D28E9E #E4BAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#C16279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#C16279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16279

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16279	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73747A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.123 6.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7919f',
    500: '#c16279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16279;
$custom-light: #d7919f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.474,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6144,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16279

secondary

#ACD3C9

accent

#D3B555

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF1F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16279

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

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