#B38C8A#B38C8A

#B38C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.048 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C8A
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 23%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 22.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 14.47, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 15.96, 24.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0444 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.048 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5563, 30.1762, 28.1495)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C8A #8AB1B3

analogous

#B38A9D #B38C8A #B3A18A

triadic

#B38C8A #8AB38C #8C8AB3

tetradic

#B38C8A #9DB38A #8AB1B3 #A18AB3

square

#B38C8A #9DB38A #8AB1B3 #A18AB3

split-complementary

#B38C8A #8AB3A1 #8A9DB3

monochromatic

#764F4D #9B6865 #B38C8A #CBB0AF #E3D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B38C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#B38C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C8A

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C8A	1.00	2.99	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C988A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.048 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caadac',
    500: '#b38c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c8a;
$custom-light: #caadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 21.244,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67624,
    "c": 0.04777,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C8A

secondary

#C5D3D4

accent

#9BA046

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C8A

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

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