#9F727D#9F727D

#9F727D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.059 H 2.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F727D
RGB	rgb(159, 114, 125)
HSL	hsl(345, 19%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(345, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 21.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 19.44, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 19.47, 2.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.0586 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.059 2.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0173, 20.8874, 22.1647)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F727D #729F94

analogous

#9F7293 #9F727D #9F7D72

triadic

#9F727D #7D9F72 #727D9F

tetradic

#9F727D #939F72 #729F94 #7D729F

square

#9F727D #939F72 #729F94 #7D729F

split-complementary

#9F727D #729F7D #72939F

monochromatic

#5A3D44 #7E5660 #9F727D #B8969F #D1BBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#9F727D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#9F727D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F727D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F727D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F727D	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78797D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83817C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f727d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 114, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.059 2.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9ba2',
    500: '#9f727d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f727d;
$custom-light: #bc9ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f727d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.333,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60079,
    "c": 0.05863,
    "h": 2.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F727D

secondary

#ADC0BB

accent

#BCA86C

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#120E0F

muted

#817E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F727D

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

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