#B9727B#B9727B

#B9727B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.090 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9727B
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 123)
HSL	hsl(352, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(352, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 33.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 29.14, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 29.96, 13.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0884 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.09 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6011, 23.7812, 21.7662)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9727B #72B9B0

analogous

#B9729E #B9727B #B98C72

triadic

#B9727B #7BB972 #727BB9

tetradic

#B9727B #9EB972 #72B9B0 #8C72B9

square

#B9727B #9EB972 #72B9B0 #8C72B9

split-complementary

#B9727B #72B98C #729EB9

monochromatic

#763B42 #9F4F59 #B9727B #CD9BA1 #E2C4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B9727B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B9727B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9727B

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9727B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9727B	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9727b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.090 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09ba1',
    500: '#b9727b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9727b;
$custom-light: #d09ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9727b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.394,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9727B

secondary

#B5D1CE

accent

#CABC5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9727B

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

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