#B38384#B38384

#B38384 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.059 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38384
RGB	rgb(179, 131, 132)
HSL	hsl(359, 24%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 27%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 26.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 18.62, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 19.80, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0567 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.059 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8721, 27.4839, 25.5041)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38384 #83B3B2

analogous

#B3839C #B38384 #B39A83

triadic

#B38384 #84B383 #8384B3

tetradic

#B38384 #9CB383 #83B3B2 #9A83B3

square

#B38384 #9CB383 #83B3B2 #9A83B3

split-complementary

#B38384 #83B39A #839CB3

monochromatic

#744748 #9A5F60 #B38384 #CAA9AA #E2CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B38384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B38384 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38384

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38384	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 131, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.059 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba7a7',
    500: '#b38384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38384;
$custom-light: #cba7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 24,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65726,
    "c": 0.05944,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38384

secondary

#C0D2D2

accent

#A2A043

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38384

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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