#B9727A#B9727A

#B9727A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.090 H 12.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9727A
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 122)
HSL	hsl(353, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 34.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 29.01, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 29.97, 14.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.088 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.09 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5389, 23.7563, 21.4382)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9727A #72B9B1

analogous

#B9729D #B9727A #B98D72

triadic

#B9727A #7AB972 #727AB9

tetradic

#B9727A #9DB972 #72B9B1 #8D72B9

square

#B9727A #9DB972 #72B9B1 #8D72B9

split-complementary

#B9727A #72B98D #729DB9

monochromatic

#763B41 #9F4F58 #B9727A #CD9BA1 #E2C4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B9727A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B9727A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9727A

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9727A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9727A	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9727a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.090 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09ba0',
    500: '#b9727a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9727a;
$custom-light: #d09ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9727a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.239,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63048,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9727A

secondary

#B5D1CE

accent

#CABE5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9727A

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

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