#C16B59#C16B59

#C16B59 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.114 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16B59
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(10, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 32.36, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 40.99, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0954 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.114 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0552, 22.5771, 12.2769)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16B59 #59AFC1

analogous

#C1597B #C16B59 #C19F59

triadic

#C16B59 #59C16B #6B59C1

tetradic

#C16B59 #7BC159 #59AFC1 #9F59C1

square

#C16B59 #7BC159 #59AFC1 #9F59C1

split-complementary

#C16B59 #59C19F #597BC1

monochromatic

#74382B #A14D3C #C16B59 #D29386 #E2BAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C16B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C16B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16B59

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16B59	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)

#807857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.114 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89688',
    500: '#c16b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16b59;
$custom-light: #d89688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.385,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62115,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16B59

secondary

#A5C9D1

accent

#BFD553

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16B59

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

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