#B9727D#B9727D

#B9727D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.091 H 9.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9727D
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 125)
HSL	hsl(351, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(351, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 32.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 29.40, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 29.98, 11.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0892 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.091 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7276, 23.8318, 22.4323)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9727D #72B9AE

analogous

#B972A0 #B9727D #B98A72

triadic

#B9727D #7DB972 #727DB9

tetradic

#B9727D #A0B972 #72B9AE #8A72B9

square

#B9727D #A0B972 #72B9AE #8A72B9

split-complementary

#B9727D #72B98A #72A0B9

monochromatic

#763B44 #9F4F5B #B9727D #CD9BA3 #E2C4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B9727D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B9727D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9727D

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9727D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9727D	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9727d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.091 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09ba2',
    500: '#b9727d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9727d;
$custom-light: #d09ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9727d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.704,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9727D

secondary

#B5D1CD

accent

#CAB95E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9727D

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

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