#B27872#B27872

#B27872 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.074 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27872
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 114)
HSL	hsl(6, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 36%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 21.93, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 25.27, 29.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0666 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.074 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1148, 24.1148, 19.0901)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27872 #72ACB2

analogous

#B2728C #B27872 #B29872

triadic

#B27872 #72B278 #7872B2

tetradic

#B27872 #8CB272 #72ACB2 #9872B2

square

#B27872 #8CB272 #72ACB2 #9872B2

split-complementary

#B27872 #72B298 #728CB2

monochromatic

#6E413C #955852 #B27872 #C89E9A #DDC4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B27872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#B27872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27872

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27872	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.074 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9f9a',
    500: '#b27872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27872;
$custom-light: #cb9f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27872

secondary

#B3CACD

accent

#BCC662

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27872

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

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