#C38B8A#C38B8A

#C38B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.069 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B8A
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(1, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 29.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 21.20, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 23.05, 23.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0646 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.069 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3266, 31.9044, 28.2846)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B8A #8AC2C3

analogous

#C38AA5 #C38B8A #C3A88A

triadic

#C38B8A #8AC38B #8B8AC3

tetradic

#C38B8A #A5C38A #8AC2C3 #A88AC3

square

#C38B8A #A5C38A #8AC2C3 #A88AC3

split-complementary

#C38B8A #8AC3A8 #8AA5C3

monochromatic

#8B4947 #AE6362 #C38B8A #D8B3B2 #ECDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C38B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#C38B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B8A

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B8A	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.069 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6adac',
    500: '#c38b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b8a;
$custom-light: #d6adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69138,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B8A

secondary

#CBDEDE

accent

#A9AB3B

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B8A

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

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