#C16F59#C16F59

#C16F59 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16F59
RGB	rgb(193, 111, 89)
HSL	hsl(13, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(13, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 30.22, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 40.06, 41.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0888 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.11 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4819, 23.4305, 12.4191)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16F59 #59ABC1

analogous

#C15977 #C16F59 #C1A359

triadic

#C16F59 #59C16F #6F59C1

tetradic

#C16F59 #77C159 #59ABC1 #A359C1

square

#C16F59 #77C159 #59ABC1 #A359C1

split-complementary

#C16F59 #59C1A3 #5977C1

monochromatic

#743B2B #A1513C #C16F59 #D29686 #E2BCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C16F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C16F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16F59

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16F59	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1626A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 111, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89988',
    500: '#c16f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16f59;
$custom-light: #d89988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.692,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62789,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16F59

secondary

#A5C7D1

accent

#BAD553

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16F59

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

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