#C19084

sRGB · 193 / 144 / 132

#C19084 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 144 green and 132 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 11.8° lands in the red region. Its 33.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 63.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 144, 132
HSL: 11.80°, 32.97%, 63.73%
HSV / HSB: 11.80°, 31.61%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.39%, 31.61%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 36.129, 32.951, 26.288
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.121, 16.847, 13.613
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32950
24-bit decimal: 12685444

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C19084 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 7.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.77:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#84B5C1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19084 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C19084 #84B5C1

Analogous

#C18497 and #C1AF84 sit 30° to either side of #C19084. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C18497 #C19084 #C1AF84

Triadic

#C19084, #84C190 and #9084C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19084 #84C190 #9084C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19084 and look across the wheel. #84C1AF and #8496C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19084 #84C1AF #8496C1

Square

Starting with #C19084, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #97C184, #84B5C1, then #AF84C1. Across the square, #C19084 pairs with #84B5C1, and #97C184 with #AF84C1.

#C19084 #97C184 #84B5C1 #AF84C1

Tetradic

#C19084 and #84B5C1 are opposites, as are #B5C184 and #9084C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19084 #B5C184 #84B5C1 #9084C1

Tints

Mixing #C19084 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA69D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9E6, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19084 #CDA69D #DABCB5 #E6D3CE #F3E9E6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19084 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A736A, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D1A, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19084 #9A736A #74564F #4D3A35 #271D1A #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19084 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48D83, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8381, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19084 #B48D83 #A78A82 #9A8682 #8D8381 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C19084

RGB

rgb(193 144 132)

HSL

hsl(11.803 32.973% 63.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19084;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19084 uses 193 red, 144 green and 132 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 56.5%

Blue 51.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19084 is 0.0% cyan, 25.4% magenta, 31.6% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 25.4%

Yellow 31.6%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB8888. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B88 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19084 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB8888 Nearest web-safe · #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#C19084 #B7968E #AD9C98 #A3A3A3 #98A9AD #8EAFB7 #84B5C1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19084 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#9B9683

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A69F84

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#CC898D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AA9583

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AE9A84

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C28F88

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9B9B9B

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AF9690

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.53328 G 0.27889 B 0.23074

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.72747 G 0.57246 B 0.52650

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.48811 G 0.28734 B 0.23939

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.379 y 0.346 Y 32.951

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 24.314 M % 43.529 Y % 48.235

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000001 10010000 10000100