#C16B57#C16B57

#C16B57 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.114 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16B57
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 87)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(11, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 32.19, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 41.54, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0946 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.114 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9724, 22.5439, 11.8406)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16B57 #57ADC1

analogous

#C15778 #C16B57 #C1A057

triadic

#C16B57 #57C16B #6B57C1

tetradic

#C16B57 #78C157 #57ADC1 #A057C1

square

#C16B57 #78C157 #57ADC1 #A057C1

split-complementary

#C16B57 #57C1A0 #5778C1

monochromatic

#73382A #A04E3B #C16B57 #D19284 #E2BAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C16B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C16B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16B57

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16B57	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)

#807755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.114 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89686',
    500: '#c16b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16b57;
$custom-light: #d89686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62078,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16B57

secondary

#A4C8D0

accent

#BDD652

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16B57

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

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