#C16969#C16969

#C16969 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16969
RGB	rgb(193, 105, 105)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 46%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.6%, 45.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 34.95, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 38.33, 24.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1051 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.112 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5955, 22.4634, 16.1391)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16969 #69C1C1

analogous

#C16995 #C16969 #C19569

triadic

#C16969 #69C169 #6969C1

tetradic

#C16969 #95C169 #69C1C1 #9569C1

square

#C16969 #95C169 #69C1C1 #9569C1

split-complementary

#C16969 #69C195 #6995C1

monochromatic

#7C3333 #A84545 #C16969 #D39494 #E5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C16969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C16969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16969

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16969	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 105, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79593',
    500: '#c16969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16969;
$custom-light: #d79593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62127,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16969

secondary

#B1D4D4

accent

#D1D156

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F1

border

#D4CCCB

text

#150D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16969

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

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