#BA272B#BA272B

#BA272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.183 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA272B
RGB	rgb(186, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 57.16, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 67.19, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% 0.1652 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.183 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4138, 12.0680, 3.4869)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA272B #27BAB6

analogous

#BA2775 #BA272B #BA6D27

triadic

#BA272B #2BBA27 #272BBA

tetradic

#BA272B #75BA27 #27BAB6 #6D27BA

square

#BA272B #75BA27 #27BAB6 #6D27BA

split-complementary

#BA272B #27BA6D #2775BA

monochromatic

#551214 #871C1F #BA272B #D8464A #E3797B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BA272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BA272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA272B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA272B	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.183 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86f65',
    500: '#ba272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba272b;
$custom-light: #d86f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.367,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51629,
    "c": 0.18277,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA272B

secondary

#72CBC8

accent

#E8E440

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA272B

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

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