#B38484#B38484

#B38484 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.058 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38484
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 24%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 26%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 26.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 18.05, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 19.40, 21.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0551 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.058 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0071, 27.7538, 25.5491)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38484 #84B3B3

analogous

#B3849B #B38484 #B39B84

triadic

#B38484 #84B384 #8484B3

tetradic

#B38484 #9BB384 #84B3B3 #9B84B3

square

#B38484 #9BB384 #84B3B3 #9B84B3

split-complementary

#B38484 #84B39B #849BB3

monochromatic

#754848 #9A5F5F #B38484 #CAAAAA #E2D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B38484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38484

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38484	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.058 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa8a7',
    500: '#b38484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38484;
$custom-light: #caa8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 23.618,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65916,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38484

secondary

#C1D2D2

accent

#A2A243

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38484

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

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