#BD7972#BD7972

#BD7972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.087 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7972
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(6, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 25.73, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 29.74, 30.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0777 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.087 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8623, 25.7108, 19.2535)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7972 #72B6BD

analogous

#BD7291 #BD7972 #BD9F72

triadic

#BD7972 #72BD79 #7972BD

tetradic

#BD7972 #91BD72 #72B6BD #9F72BD

square

#BD7972 #91BD72 #72B6BD #9F72BD

split-complementary

#BD7972 #72BD9F #7291BD

monochromatic

#7B403A #A5554D #BD7972 #D1A19C #E4C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#BD7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#BD7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7972

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7972	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.087 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a09a',
    500: '#bd7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7972;
$custom-light: #d3a09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64565,
    "c": 0.08659,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7972

secondary

#B7D1D4

accent

#C2CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7972

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

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