#B9727E#B9727E

#B9727E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.091 H 9.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9727E
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(350, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(350, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 31.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 29.54, 5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 30.01, 10.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.0896 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.091 9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7918, 23.8575, 22.7705)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9727E #72B9AD

analogous

#B972A1 #B9727E #B98972

triadic

#B9727E #7EB972 #727EB9

tetradic

#B9727E #A1B972 #72B9AD #8972B9

square

#B9727E #A1B972 #72B9AD #8972B9

split-complementary

#B9727E #72B989 #72A1B9

monochromatic

#763B45 #9F4F5C #B9727E #CD9BA3 #E2C4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B9727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B9727E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9727E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9727E	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)

#7E7E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.091 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09ba3',
    500: '#b9727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9727e;
$custom-light: #d09ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.859,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63159,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9727E

secondary

#B5D1CD

accent

#CAB85E

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F3

border

#D3CCCD

text

#140E0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9727E

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

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