#B47272#B47272

#B47272 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.084 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B47272
RGB	rgb(180, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 36.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 26.06, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 28.26, 22.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.079 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.084 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8781, 22.9549, 18.8788)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B47272 #72B4B4

analogous

#B47293 #B47272 #B49372

triadic

#B47272 #72B472 #7272B4

tetradic

#B47272 #93B472 #72B4B4 #9372B4

square

#B47272 #93B472 #72B4B4 #9372B4

split-complementary

#B47272 #72B493 #7293B4

monochromatic

#703C3C #985151 #B47272 #C99A9A #DFC2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B47272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B47272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B47272

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B47272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B47272	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b47272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.084 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9b9a',
    500: '#b47272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b47272;
$custom-light: #cc9b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b47272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.08391,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B47272

secondary

#B4CECE

accent

#C7C761

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B47272

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

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