#C38C8A#C38C8A

#C38C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.068 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C8A
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(2, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 29.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 20.65, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 22.68, 24.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.063 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.068 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4721, 32.1953, 28.3331)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C8A #8AC1C3

analogous

#C38AA4 #C38C8A #C3A88A

triadic

#C38C8A #8AC38C #8C8AC3

tetradic

#C38C8A #A4C38A #8AC1C3 #A88AC3

square

#C38C8A #A4C38A #8AC1C3 #A88AC3

split-complementary

#C38C8A #8AC3A8 #8AA4C3

monochromatic

#8B4A47 #AE6462 #C38C8A #D8B4B2 #ECDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#C38C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#C38C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C8A

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C8A	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.068 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aeac',
    500: '#c38c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c8a;
$custom-light: #d6aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69323,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C8A

secondary

#CBDDDE

accent

#A7AB3B

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C8A

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

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