#A9727E#A9727E

#A9727E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.071 H 5.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9727E
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(347, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(347, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 25.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 23.44, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 23.55, 5.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.0709 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.071 5.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1459, 21.9776, 22.5996)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9727E #72A99D

analogous

#A97299 #A9727E #A98172

triadic

#A9727E #7EA972 #727EA9

tetradic

#A9727E #99A972 #72A99D #8172A9

square

#A9727E #99A972 #72A99D #8172A9

split-complementary

#A9727E #72A981 #7299A9

monochromatic

#643D45 #8A5460 #A9727E #C098A1 #D7BEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A9727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#A9727E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9727E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9727E	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87857D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.071 5.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49ba3',
    500: '#a9727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9727e;
$custom-light: #c49ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.909,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6125,
    "c": 0.07114,
    "h": 5.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9727E

secondary

#B0C7C2

accent

#C1AD67

background

#FCF9FA

surface

#F8F2F3

border

#D1CCCD

text

#130E0F

muted

#827E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9727E

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

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