#C19092

sRGB · 193 / 144 / 146

#C19092 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 144 green and 146 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 357.6° lands in the red region. Its 28.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.1% 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 (7.67:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 144, 146
HSL: 357.55°, 28.32%, 66.08%
HSV / HSB: 357.55°, 25.39%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.39%, 24.35%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.152, 33.360, 31.677
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.452, 18.811, 6.195
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33359
24-bit decimal: 12685458

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 #C19092 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 · 7.67:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.74:1

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

#90C1BF sits half a turn (180°) from #C19092 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.

#C19092 #90C1BF

Analogous

#C190AB and #C1A690 sit 30° to either side of #C19092. 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.

#C190AB #C19092 #C1A690

Triadic

#C19092, #92C190 and #9092C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19092 #92C190 #9092C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19092 and look across the wheel. #90C1A7 and #90ABC1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19092 #90C1A7 #90ABC1

Square

Starting with #C19092, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ABC190, #90C1BF, then #A690C1. Across the square, #C19092 pairs with #90C1BF, and #ABC190 with #A690C1.

#C19092 #ABC190 #90C1BF #A690C1

Tetradic

#C19092 and #90C1BF are opposites, as are #C1BF90 and #9092C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19092 #C1BF90 #90C1BF #9092C1

Tints

Mixing #C19092 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA6A8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9E9, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19092 #CDA6A8 #DABCBE #E6D3D3 #F3E9E9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19092 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7375, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D1D, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19092 #9A7375 #745658 #4D3A3A #271D1D #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19092 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48D8E, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8384, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19092 #B48D8E #A78A8B #9A8687 #8D8384 #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

#C19092

RGB

rgb(193 144 146)

HSL

hsl(357.551 28.324% 66.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19092;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19092 uses 193 red, 144 green and 146 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 56.5%

Blue 57.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19092 is 0.0% cyan, 25.4% magenta, 24.4% 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 24.4%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB8899. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B89 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19092 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB8899 Nearest web-safe · #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#C19092 #B9989A #B1A0A1 #A9A9A9 #A0B1B0 #98B9B8 #90C1BF

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19092 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.

#989792

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.

#A4A091

Tritanopia

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

#CB8B91

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.

#A99692

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.

#AD9A91

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C29092

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9C9C9C

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.

#B09697

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 0.28744

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 0.57579

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48811 G 0.28734 B 0.29102

CIE xyY

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

x 0.364 y 0.326 Y 33.360

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 43.529 Y % 42.745

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10010000 10010010