#B38F8A#B38F8A

#B38F8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.044 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F8A
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(7, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 23%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 22.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 12.79, 7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 14.99, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0395 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.044 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0006, 31.0649, 28.2977)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F8A #8AAEB3

analogous

#B38A9A #B38F8A #B3A48A

triadic

#B38F8A #8AB38F #8F8AB3

tetradic

#B38F8A #9AB38A #8AAEB3 #A48AB3

square

#B38F8A #9AB38A #8AAEB3 #A48AB3

split-complementary

#B38F8A #8AB3A4 #8A9AB3

monochromatic

#76524D #9B6B65 #B38F8A #CBB3AF #E3D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B38F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#B38F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F8A

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F8A	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.044 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caafac',
    500: '#b38f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f8a;
$custom-light: #caafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.317,
    "s": 21.244,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68211,
    "c": 0.04448,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F8A

secondary

#C5D2D4

accent

#95A046

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F8A

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

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