#C16B56#C16B56

#C16B56 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16B56
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 86)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 55.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 32.11, 26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 41.83, 39.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.0942 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.115 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9318, 22.5277, 11.6269)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16B56 #56ACC1

analogous

#C15676 #C16B56 #C1A156

triadic

#C16B56 #56C16B #6B56C1

tetradic

#C16B56 #76C156 #56ACC1 #A156C1

square

#C16B56 #76C156 #56ACC1 #A156C1

split-complementary

#C16B56 #56C1A1 #5676C1

monochromatic

#73382A #9F4E3A #C16B56 #D19283 #E2B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C16B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C16B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16B56

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16B56	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89686',
    500: '#c16b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16b56;
$custom-light: #d89686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.776,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62059,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16B56

secondary

#A3C7D0

accent

#BCD652

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16B56

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

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