#C16E55#C16E55

#C16E55 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E55
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(14, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 56%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 30.42, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 41.48, 42.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.0889 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.112 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2100, 23.1481, 11.5223)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E55 #55A8C1

analogous

#C15572 #C16E55 #C1A455

triadic

#C16E55 #55C16E #6E55C1

tetradic

#C16E55 #72C155 #55A8C1 #A455C1

square

#C16E55 #72C155 #55A8C1 #A455C1

split-complementary

#C16E55 #55C1A4 #5572C1

monochromatic

#723A2A #9F513A #C16E55 #D19482 #E2BBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C16E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C16E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E55

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E55	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89885',
    500: '#c16e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e55;
$custom-light: #d89885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.889,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62546,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E55

secondary

#A2C5D0

accent

#B8D652

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E55

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

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