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#937372

a balanced, muted red · warm · closest name: Rosy Brown

Token name suggestion: Signal Cherry

RGB
147, 115, 114
HSL
2°, 13%, 51%
CMYK
0, 22, 22, 42
Luminance
0.1968

#937372 is a balanced muted red, 2° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (4.94:1). As text it scores 4.25:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Rosy Brown, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(2 13% 51%)rgb(147 115 114)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #937372 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#937372
Hue
red
Saturation
13%
muted
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
58%
HSV value
Perceived
49%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1968
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Muted
Best ink
Black
4.94:1
Closest name
Rosy Brown
ΔE2000 11.6
Chroma
13.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.586
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 11.5
Web-safe
#996666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue2° of 360°
Saturation13%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #937372.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red32%
Green62%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#937372
HEX (8-digit)#937372ff
RGBrgb(147, 115, 114)
RGBArgba(147, 115, 114, 1)
HSLhsl(2, 13%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2, 22%, 58%)
HWBhwb(2 45% 42%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 22%, 42%)
LABlab(51.5 12.4 5.4)
LCHlch(51.5 13.5 23.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.586 0.041 20.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(21.20, 19.68, 18.60)
Decimal9663346
Display P3color(display-p3 0.576 0.451 0.447)
Web-safe#996666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #937372;
background-color: #937372;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #937372;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#937372] bg-[#937372]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #937372;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.576, green: 0.451, blue: 0.447)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.451, blue: 0.447, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#937372</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF937372)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF937372)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(114, 115, 147)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(147, 115, 114)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(147, 115, 114)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 147, 115, 114)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5765f, 0.4510f, 0.4471f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{147,115,114}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #937372 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #937372 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#483837, #E4DDDC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #937372 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F8F7F7;
  --brand-100: #F1EEEE;
  --brand-200: #E2DADA;
  --brand-300: #CEC0BF;
  --brand-400: #B6A0A0;
  --brand-500: #9E8180;
  --brand-600: #937372;
  --brand-700: #745958;
  --brand-800: #5C4747;
  --brand-900: #453636;
  --brand-950: #2B2222;
  --brand: #937372;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8F6F6;
  --brand-border: #DCD1D1;
  --brand-hover: #806362;
  --brand-pressed: #6B5352;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201918;
    --brand-ink: #E4DDDC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F7F7',
        100: '#F1EEEE',
        200: '#E2DADA',
        300: '#CEC0BF',
        400: '#B6A0A0',
        500: '#9E8180',
        600: '#937372',
        700: '#745958',
        800: '#5C4747',
        900: '#453636',
        950: '#2B2222',
        DEFAULT: '#937372',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F7F7,
  '100': #F1EEEE,
  '200': #E2DADA,
  '300': #CEC0BF,
  '400': #B6A0A0,
  '500': #9E8180,
  '600': #937372,
  '700': #745958,
  '800': #5C4747,
  '900': #453636,
  '950': #2B2222,
);
$brand-base: #937372;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F7F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1EEEE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E2DADA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CEC0BF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B6A0A0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9E8180", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#937372", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#745958", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5C4747", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#453636", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2B2222", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #937372 · 4.94:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.25:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.94:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #937372 as text scores 4.25:1 on white and 4.94:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #483837 at 2.60:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#8E6E6D · 4.56:1
AA on white−2% L
#8E6E6D
The quick fox
#6B5352 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−14% L
#6B5352
The quick fox
#937372 · 4.94:1
AA on blackalready passes
#937372
The quick fox
#A9908F · 7.07:1
AAA on black+10% L
#A9908F

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #937372 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#937372 on white: 4.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#937372 on black: 4.94:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #937372 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #937372.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.25:1AaAa
Slate 504.07:1AaAa
Slate 1003.88:1AaAa
Slate 2003.45:1AaAa
Slate 3002.87:1AaAa
Slate 4001.66:1AaAa
Slate 5001.12:1AaAa
Slate 6001.78:1AaAa
Slate 7002.43:1AaAa
Slate 8003.44:1AaAa
Slate 9004.20:1AaAa
Black4.94:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #797772
deuteranopia · #807D72
tritanopia · #9A7073

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #937372 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8F7F7
#F1EEEE
#E2DADA
#CEC0BF
#B6A0A0
#9E8180
#937372
#745958
#5C4747
#453636
#2B2222
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F8F7F7Darkest = 950 · #2B2222Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.010 20.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.016 20.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.024 20.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.032 20.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.037 20.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.041 20.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.041 20.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.038 20.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.034 20.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.028 20.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.022 20.5);
}

Colors that work with #937372

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F8F6F6
Tinted page background
Border#DCD1D1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#826463
Captions on the surface
Accent#547870
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#483837
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F1F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201918
Dark-mode background
Hover#806362
One step down in lightness
Pressed#6B5352
Two steps down
Disabled#C4B2B2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A77472
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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How to use #937372

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Borders, dividers and quiet backgrounds
  • Long-form reading surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #483837
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

With almost no chroma left, the family association is barely present; treat it as a neutral that happens to lean this way. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyLow
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#729293
Analogous left#937282
Analogous right#938472
Split-complement 1#729384
Split-complement 2#728293
Triadic 1#729373
Triadic 2#737293
Tetradic#829372
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°2°

#937372 sits at 2°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.6%
Green45.1%
Blue44.7%
R · 0–255
147
0x93
G · 0–255
115
0x73
B · 0–255
114
0x72

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta21.8%
Yellow22.4%
Key (black)42.4%

Total ink coverage is 87%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#937372 text on a black background

contrast 4.94:1

Card sample

#937372 text on a white background

contrast 4.25:1

Card sample

#937372 on grey

3.88:1

#937372 on its own surface

3.95:1

#937372 on its dark surface

4.07:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #937372;
Background color
Panel with #937372 background
background-color: #937372;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #937372;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(147, 115, 114, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(147, 115, 114, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #937372;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #937372, #938972);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #937372, #939172);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #937372;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #937372;
caret-color: #937372;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #937372;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F1F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #937372;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#937372 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #937372 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(147, 115, 114, 0.5)
rgb(147 115 114 / 50%)
#93737280
hsl(2 13% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #937372 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9373721a#F4F1F1
20%#93737233#E9E3E3
40%#93737266#D4C7C7
60%#93737299#BEABAA
80%#937372cc#A98F8E

Gradients from #937372

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #AE9595, #937372 45%, #483837);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #937372, #837C64);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #937372, #729293);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BBA7A6 0%, #937372 45%, #483837 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8F6F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A98F9D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A09583 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #483837 0%, transparent 65%), #937372;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #937372

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#937372 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
BackgroundsBordersBody textDividers
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 4.94:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#937372, answered

What color is #937372?

#937372 is a balanced muted red, closest to Rosy Brown (ΔE2000 11.6). It sits at 2° on the hue wheel with 13% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #937372?

rgb(147, 115, 114) — 147 red, 115 green and 114 blue out of 255, or 57.6% / 45.1% / 44.7% by channel.

What is #937372 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(2, 13%, 51%) and hsv(2, 22%, 58%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #937372 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.1968 and perceived brightness is 49%, so black text on it reaches 4.94:1.

Should I use black or white text on #937372?

Black. It scores 4.94:1 against #937372, versus 4.25:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #937372 accessible on a white background?

#937372 on white scores 4.25:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #8E6E6D to reach 4.5:1, or #6B5352 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #937372?

#729293 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #729384 and #728293, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #937372?

For interface work: #F8F6F6 as the surface, #DCD1D1 for borders, #826463 for secondary text, #547870 as an accent and #483837 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #937282 and #938472 stays calm, while #729293 is the loudest partner.

What is #937372 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 22%, 22%, 42%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #937372 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #937E72; nudged cooler, #96707C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #937372?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 11.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #937372 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #937372 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#937372] or text-[#937372], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #937372 with 50% opacity?

rgba(147, 115, 114, 0.5), or #93737280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9B9B9; over black, #4A3A39.

Is #937372 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996666, ΔE2000 6.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #937372 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this low chroma the association is faint; it behaves more like a neutral.

What gradient works with #937372?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #AE9595, #937372 45%, #483837). For more colour, a short hue run to #837C64 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #937372 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #937372 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.