#C19E89

sRGB: 193 / 158 / 137

Celestial flames dissolve into silence
Shimmering rivers transcend the boundaries of time
Golden visions reveal unspoken wonders

#C19E89 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 158 green and 137 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 22.5° lands in the orange region. Its 31.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 64.7% 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 (8.52:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 158, 137
HSL: 22.50°, 31.11%, 64.71%
HSV / HSB: 22.50°, 29.02%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 18.13%, 29.02%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 38.733, 37.598, 28.885
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.723, 9.821, 15.851
WCAG relative luminance: 0.37597
24-bit decimal: 12689033

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 #C19E89 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: 8.52:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.46:1

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

#89ACC1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19E89 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.

#C19E89 #89ACC1

Analogous

#C18990 and #C1BA89 sit 30° to either side of #C19E89. 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.

#C18990 #C19E89 #C1BA89

Triadic

#C19E89, #89C19E and #9E89C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19E89 #89C19E #9E89C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19E89 and look across the wheel. #89C1BA and #8990C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19E89 #89C1BA #8990C1

Square

Starting with #C19E89, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #90C189, #89ACC1, then #BA89C1. Across the square, #C19E89 pairs with #89ACC1, and #90C189 with #BA89C1.

#C19E89 #90C189 #89ACC1 #BA89C1

Tetradic

#C19E89 and #89ACC1 are opposites, as are #ACC189 and #9E89C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19E89 #ACC189 #89ACC1 #9E89C1

Tints

Mixing #C19E89 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDB1A1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3ECE7, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19E89 #CDB1A1 #DAC5B8 #E6D8D0 #F3ECE7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19E89 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7E6E, keeps 80% of the original. By #27201B, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19E89 #9A7E6E #745F52 #4D3F37 #27201B #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19E89 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B49887, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8682, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19E89 #B49887 #A79285 #9A8C84 #8D8682 #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

#C19E89

RGB

rgb(193 158 137)

HSL

hsl(22.500 31.111% 64.706%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19E89;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19E89 uses 193 red, 158 green and 137 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 62.0%

Blue 53.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19E89 is 0.0% cyan, 18.1% magenta, 29.0% 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 29.0%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9988. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B98 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19E89 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB9988 Nearest web-safe: #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#C19E89 #B8A092 #AEA39C #A5A5A5 #9CA7AE #92AAB8 #89ACC1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19E89 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.

#A8A188

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.

#B0A889

Tritanopia

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

#CB9898

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.

#B1A188

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.

#B5A489

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C29D8F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A5A5A5

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.

#B4A298

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 0.25016

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 0.54843

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.49930 G 0.34827 B 0.26164

CIE xyY

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

x 0.368 y 0.357 Y 37.598

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 38.039 Y % 46.275

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10011110 10001001