#C19E75

sRGB: 193 / 158 / 117

#C19E75 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 158 green and 117 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 32.4° lands in the orange region. Its 38.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 60.8% 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 (8.42:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 158, 117
HSL: 32.37°, 38.00%, 60.78%
HSV / HSB: 32.37°, 39.38%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 18.13%, 39.38%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.429, 37.076, 22.015
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.334, 7.289, 26.302
WCAG relative luminance: 0.37076
24-bit decimal: 12689013

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 #C19E75 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: 8.42:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.50:1

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.

Reference: 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

#7598C1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19E75 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.

#C19E75 #7598C1

Analogous

#C17875 and #BEC175 sit 30° to either side of #C19E75. 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.

#C17875 #C19E75 #BEC175

Triadic

#C19E75, #75C19E and #9E75C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19E75 #75C19E #9E75C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19E75 and look across the wheel. #75BEC1 and #7875C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19E75 #75BEC1 #7875C1

Square

Starting with #C19E75, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #75C178, #7598C1, then #C175BE. Across the square, #C19E75 pairs with #7598C1, and #75C178 with #C175BE.

#C19E75 #75C178 #7598C1 #C175BE

Tetradic

#C19E75 and #7598C1 are opposites, as are #98C175 and #9E75C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19E75 #98C175 #7598C1 #9E75C1

Tints

Mixing #C19E75 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDB191, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3ECE3, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19E75 #CDB191 #DAC5AC #E6D8C8 #F3ECE3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19E75 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7E5E, keeps 80% of the original. By #272017, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19E75 #9A7E5E #745F46 #4D3F2F #272017 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19E75 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B49877, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D867E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19E75 #B49877 #A79279 #9A8C7C #8D867E #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

#C19E75

RGB

rgb(193 158 117)

HSL

hsl(32.368 38.000% 60.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19E75;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19E75 uses 193 red, 158 green and 117 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 62.0%

Blue 45.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19E75 is 0.0% cyan, 18.1% magenta, 39.4% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 18.1%

Yellow 39.4%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9977. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B97 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19E75 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB9977 Nearest web-safe: #CC9966

Gradient to complement

#C19E75 #B49D82 #A89C8E #9B9B9B #8E9AA8 #8299B4 #7598C1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19E75 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.

#AB9F72

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.

#B3A776

Tritanopia

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

#CD9593

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.

#B3A073

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.

#B7A475

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C39C81

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A4A4A4

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.

#B3A18F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.34191 B 0.17789

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 0.73490 G 0.62480 B 0.47982

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.49930 G 0.34827 B 0.19583

CIE xyY

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

x 0.388 y 0.384 Y 37.076

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 38.039 Y % 54.118

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10011110 01110101