#B27273#B27273

#B27273 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.081 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27273
RGB	rgb(178, 114, 115)
HSL	hsl(359, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 35.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 25.41, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 27.31, 21.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.0771 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.081 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4730, 22.7394, 19.1585)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27273 #72B2B1

analogous

#B27293 #B27273 #B29172

triadic

#B27273 #73B272 #7273B2

tetradic

#B27273 #93B272 #72B2B1 #9172B2

square

#B27273 #93B272 #72B2B1 #9172B2

split-complementary

#B27273 #72B291 #7293B2

monochromatic

#6E3C3D #955253 #B27273 #C89A9A #DDC1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B27273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B27273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27273

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27273	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 114, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.081 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9b9b',
    500: '#b27273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27273;
$custom-light: #cb9b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62007,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27273

secondary

#B3CDCC

accent

#C6C462

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27273

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

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