#B38481#B38481

#B38481 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.058 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38481
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(4, 25%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 28%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 27.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 17.62, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 19.66, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0539 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.058 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8047, 27.6728, 24.4834)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38481 #81B0B3

analogous

#B38197 #B38481 #B39D81

triadic

#B38481 #81B384 #8481B3

tetradic

#B38481 #97B381 #81B0B3 #9D81B3

square

#B38481 #97B381 #81B0B3 #9D81B3

split-complementary

#B38481 #81B39D #8197B3

monochromatic

#744946 #9A615D #B38481 #CAA9A7 #E1CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B38481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38481

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38481	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.058 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba8a5',
    500: '#b38481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38481;
$custom-light: #cba8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.6,
    "s": 24.752,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65835,
    "c": 0.05847,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38481

secondary

#BED0D1

accent

#9DA342

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38481

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

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