#C19292

sRGB · 193 / 146 / 146

#C19292 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 146 green and 146 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 27.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.5% 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 (7.79:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 146, 146
HSL: 0.00°, 27.49%, 66.47%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 24.35%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.35%, 24.35%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.458, 33.972, 31.779
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.940, 17.706, 6.896
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33971
24-bit decimal: 12685970

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 #C19292 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 · 7.79:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.69:1

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

#92C1C1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19292 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.

#C19292 #92C1C1

Analogous

#C192AA and #C1AA92 sit 30° to either side of #C19292. 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.

#C192AA #C19292 #C1AA92

Triadic

#C19292, #92C192 and #9292C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19292 #92C192 #9292C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19292 and look across the wheel. #92C1AA and #92AAC1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19292 #92C1AA #92AAC1

Square

Starting with #C19292, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AAC192, #92C1C1, then #AA92C1. Across the square, #C19292 pairs with #92C1C1, and #AAC192 with #AA92C1.

#C19292 #AAC192 #92C1C1 #AA92C1

Tetradic

#C19292 and #92C1C1 are opposites, as are #C1C192 and #9292C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19292 #C1C192 #92C1C1 #9292C1

Tints

Mixing #C19292 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA8A8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9E9, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19292 #CDA8A8 #DABEBE #E6D3D3 #F3E9E9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19292 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7575, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D1D, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19292 #9A7575 #745858 #4D3A3A #271D1D #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19292 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48E8E, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8484, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19292 #B48E8E #A78B8B #9A8787 #8D8484 #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

#C19292

RGB

rgb(193 146 146)

HSL

hsl(0.000 27.485% 66.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19292;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19292 uses 193 red, 146 green and 146 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 57.3%

Blue 57.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19292 is 0.0% cyan, 24.4% 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 24.4%

Yellow 24.4%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9999. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B99 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19292 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB9999 Nearest web-safe · #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#C19292 #B99A9A #B1A2A2 #AAAAAA #A2B1B1 #9AB9B9 #92C1C1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19292 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.

#9A9892

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.

#A5A191

Tritanopia

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

#CB8D92

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.

#AA9792

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.

#AE9C91

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C29292

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9E9E9E

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.

#B09898

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 0.28744 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 0.72849 G 0.57991 B 0.57635

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48963 G 0.29560 B 0.29164

CIE xyY

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

x 0.363 y 0.329 Y 33.972

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 42.745 Y % 42.745

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10010010 10010010