#C1916A

sRGB · 193 / 145 / 106

#C1916A belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 145 green and 106 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 26.9° lands in the orange region. Its 41.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 58.6% 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 (7.53:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 145, 106
HSL: 26.90°, 41.23%, 58.63%
HSV / HSB: 26.90°, 45.08%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.87%, 45.08%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.718, 32.630, 18.106
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.860, 13.194, 27.717
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32629
24-bit decimal: 12685674

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 #C1916A 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 · 7.53:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.79:1

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

#6A9AC1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C1916A 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.

#C1916A #6A9AC1

Analogous

#C16A6F and #C1BC6A sit 30° to either side of #C1916A. 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.

#C16A6F #C1916A #C1BC6A

Triadic

#C1916A, #6AC191 and #916AC1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C1916A #6AC191 #916AC1

Split complementary

Start at #C1916A and look across the wheel. #6AC1BC and #6A6FC1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C1916A #6AC1BC #6A6FC1

Square

Starting with #C1916A, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #6FC16A, #6A9AC1, then #BC6AC1. Across the square, #C1916A pairs with #6A9AC1, and #6FC16A with #BC6AC1.

#C1916A #6FC16A #6A9AC1 #BC6AC1

Tetradic

#C1916A and #6A9AC1 are opposites, as are #9AC16A and #916AC1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C1916A #9AC16A #6A9AC1 #916AC1

Tints

Mixing #C1916A with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA788, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9E1, the mixture is 80% white.

#C1916A #CDA788 #DABDA6 #E6D3C3 #F3E9E1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C1916A with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7455, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D15, the mixture is 80% black.

#C1916A #9A7455 #745740 #4D3A2A #271D15 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C1916A with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48E6E, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D837C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C1916A #B48E6E #A78A73 #9A8777 #8D837C #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

#C1916A

RGB

rgb(193 145 106)

HSL

hsl(26.897 41.232% 58.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C1916A;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C1916A uses 193 red, 145 green and 106 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 56.9%

Blue 41.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C1916A is 0.0% cyan, 24.9% magenta, 45.1% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 24.9%

Yellow 45.1%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9966. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B96 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C1916A when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB9966 Nearest web-safe · #CC9966

Gradient to complement

#C1916A #B39379 #A49487 #969696 #8797A4 #7999B3 #6A9AC1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C1916A 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.

#A09467

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.

#AB9F6A

Tritanopia

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

#CF8787

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.

#AD9468

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.

#B19A6A

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C38F76

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.

#AF9685

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 0.28315 B 0.14413

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 0.72798 G 0.57618 B 0.43770

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48887 G 0.29145 B 0.16084

CIE xyY

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

x 0.406 y 0.382 Y 32.630

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 43.137 Y % 58.431

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10010001 01101010