#C38D8A#C38D8A

#C38D8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.066 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D8A
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(3, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 29.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 20.10, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 22.33, 25.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0613 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.066 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6189, 32.4889, 28.3820)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D8A #8AC0C3

analogous

#C38AA3 #C38D8A #C3A98A

triadic

#C38D8A #8AC38D #8D8AC3

tetradic

#C38D8A #A3C38A #8AC0C3 #A98AC3

square

#C38D8A #A3C38A #8AC0C3 #A98AC3

split-complementary

#C38D8A #8AC3A9 #8AA3C3

monochromatic

#8B4B47 #AE6662 #C38D8A #D8B4B2 #ECDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C38D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#C38D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D8A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D8A	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.066 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aeac',
    500: '#c38d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d8a;
$custom-light: #d6aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6951,
    "c": 0.06637,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D8A

secondary

#CBDDDE

accent

#A5AB3B

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#141010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D8A

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

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