#B9727C#B9727C

#B9727C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.090 H 10.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9727C
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 124)
HSL	hsl(352, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(352, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 33%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 29.27, 6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 29.97, 12.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0888 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.09 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6641, 23.8064, 22.0976)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9727C #72B9AF

analogous

#B9729F #B9727C #B98B72

triadic

#B9727C #7CB972 #727CB9

tetradic

#B9727C #9FB972 #72B9AF #8B72B9

square

#B9727C #9FB972 #72B9AF #8B72B9

split-complementary

#B9727C #72B98B #729FB9

monochromatic

#763B43 #9F4F5A #B9727C #CD9BA2 #E2C4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B9727C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B9727C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9727C

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9727C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9727C	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)

#7E7E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9727c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.090 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09ba1',
    500: '#b9727c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9727c;
$custom-light: #d09ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9727c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.549,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63103,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9727C

secondary

#B5D1CD

accent

#CABB5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9727C

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

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