#C19FA0

sRGB: 193 / 159 / 160

Celestial flames dissolve into silence
Shimmering rivers transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars vanish without farewell

#C19FA0 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 159 green and 160 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 358.2° lands in the red region. Its 21.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.0% 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 (8.73:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 159, 160
HSL: 358.24°, 21.52%, 69.02%
HSV / HSB: 358.24°, 17.62%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 17.62%, 17.10%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 40.734, 38.673, 38.578
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.513, 12.692, 4.201
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38672
24-bit decimal: 12689312

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 #C19FA0 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: 8.73:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.40:1

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

#9FC1C0 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19FA0 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.

#C19FA0 #9FC1C0

Analogous

#C19FB1 and #C1AF9F sit 30° to either side of #C19FA0. 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.

#C19FB1 #C19FA0 #C1AF9F

Triadic

#C19FA0, #A0C19F and #9FA0C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19FA0 #A0C19F #9FA0C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19FA0 and look across the wheel. #9FC1AF and #9FB1C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19FA0 #9FC1AF #9FB1C1

Square

Starting with #C19FA0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B1C19F, #9FC1C0, then #AF9FC1. Across the square, #C19FA0 pairs with #9FC1C0, and #B1C19F with #AF9FC1.

#C19FA0 #B1C19F #9FC1C0 #AF9FC1

Tetradic

#C19FA0 and #9FC1C0 are opposites, as are #C1C09F and #9FA0C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19FA0 #C1C09F #9FC1C0 #9FA0C1

Tints

Mixing #C19FA0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDB2B3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3ECEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19FA0 #CDB2B3 #DAC5C6 #E6D9D9 #F3ECEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19FA0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7F80, keeps 80% of the original. By #272020, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19FA0 #9A7F80 #745F60 #4D4040 #272020 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19FA0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B4999A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8686, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19FA0 #B4999A #A79393 #9A8C8D #8D8686 #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

#C19FA0

RGB

rgb(193 159 160)

HSL

hsl(358.235 21.519% 69.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19FA0;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19FA0 uses 193 red, 159 green and 160 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 62.4%

Blue 62.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19FA0 is 0.0% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 17.1% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 17.6%

Yellow 17.1%

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 #C19FA0 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

#C19FA0 #BBA5A5 #B6AAAB #B0B0B0 #AAB6B5 #A5BBBB #9FC1C0

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19FA0 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.

#A5A3A0

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.

#ACA9A0

Tritanopia

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

#C89C9F

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.

#B0A3A0

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.

#B3A6A0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C19FA0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A7A7A7

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.

#B5A3A4

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 0.34670 B 0.35153

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 0.73546 G 0.62855 B 0.62967

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.50015 G 0.35290 B 0.35429

CIE xyY

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

x 0.345 y 0.328 Y 38.673

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 37.647 Y % 37.255

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10011111 10100000