#BA272A#BA272A

#BA272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.183 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA272A
RGB	rgb(186, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 57.12, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 67.46, 32.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1649 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.183 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3957, 12.0607, 3.3914)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA272A #27BAB7

analogous

#BA2773 #BA272A #BA6E27

triadic

#BA272A #2ABA27 #272ABA

tetradic

#BA272A #73BA27 #27BAB7 #6E27BA

square

#BA272A #73BA27 #27BAB7 #6E27BA

split-complementary

#BA272A #27BA6E #2773BA

monochromatic

#551213 #871C1F #BA272A #D84649 #E3797B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#BA272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BA272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA272A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA272A	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.183 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86f64',
    500: '#ba272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba272a;
$custom-light: #d86f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.776,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51617,
    "c": 0.18288,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA272A

secondary

#72CBC9

accent

#E8E540

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA272A

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

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