RAL Classic color
RAL 3012 Beige red #C1876B
RAL 3012 Beige red is shown here as #C1876B, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a light muted orange in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.674, chroma 0.082 and hue 46.7°. The nearest CSS named color is darksalmon (#E9967A), ΔE2000 8.4 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2973
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.674 · 0.082 · 46.7
- Best text
- Black 6.94:1
- Hue family
- Brown
#C1876B color codes
- HEX
#C1876B- RGB
rgb(193, 135, 107)- HSL
hsl(20, 41%, 59%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.674 0.082 46.7)- OKLab
oklab(0.674 0.056 0.060)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 61.42, a* 18.82, b* 23.94- XYZ (D65)
X 33.31, Y 29.73, Z 17.89- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 30%, 45%, 24%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
RAL and RAL Classic are trademarks of RAL gGmbH, which this site is not affiliated with. The sRGB value is an approximation of the printed swatch; check a physical RAL color card before you specify a paint.
Legibility
Contrast: is #C1876B accessible?
Black text on it reaches 6.94:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.02:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
6.94:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +47
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White text on it
3.02:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −62
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As text on black
6.94:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −44
-
As text on white
3.02:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +56
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#A1694E 4.51:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.67 to 0.57 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#C1876B 6.94:1
It already reaches 6.94:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #C1876B live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #C1876B
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C1876B sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #C1876B can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.188; #C1876B uses 44% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.213 there: 14% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.082
- sRGB edge
- 0.188
- Display P3 edge
- 0.213
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.215
- Dominant wavelength
- 589 nm
- Excitation purity
- 38%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4116, y 0.3673
- This color#C1876B
- Most vivid in sRGB#EF6800
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.674 0.213 46.7)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #c1876b;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9066 0.4078 0); }
}Mixing
Mixing #C1876B
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#E0C3B5
- OKLab50%#E1C2B4
- OKLCH50%#E1C2B4
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#614436
- OKLab50%#493125
- OKLCH50%#493125
Its complement #5BA1BE
- sRGB50%#8E9495
- OKLab50%#969697
- OKLCH50%#AB87B9
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c1876b, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c1876b 50%, white);In use
#C1876B in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.94:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.02:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.02:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.02:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A1694E 4.51:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.94:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.19:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:16.19:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.19:1 Passes
Color vision
How #C1876B looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 19.8; tritanopia changes it least, 13.0.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#968D69 ΔE2000 18.5
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#A4996B ΔE2000 18.7
Distinct
Reads as light muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#CF7D80 ΔE2000 13.0
Distinct
Reads as light soft red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#949494 ΔE2000 19.8
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #5BA1BE. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #C1876B · #5BA1BE | 39.3 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #968D69 · #929EC0 | 30.5 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #A4996B · #8393BE | 35.3 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #CF7D80 · #1CAAAA | 49.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #949494 · #989898 | 1.3 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #C1876B
Its complement is #5BA1BE, a light muted blue, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#C1876B
- Complement#5BA1BE
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#C48285
- Base#C1876B
- +30°#B3905B
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C1876B
- +120°#62A78C
- +240°#928FC7
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C1876B
- +150°#52A6A8
- +210°#7699C9
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-ral-3012: #c1876b;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'ral-3012': '#c1876b',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-ral-3012: oklch(0.674 0.082 46.7);
}{
"color": {
"ral-3012": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7569, 0.5294, 0.4196],
"hex": "#c1876b"
},
"$description": "RAL 3012 Beige red (approximate sRGB)"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let ral3012 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.757, green: 0.529, blue: 0.420, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Ral3012 = Color(0xFFC1876B)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #C1876B in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.