#BA272C#BA272C

#BA272C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.183 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA272C
RGB	rgb(186, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 57.20, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 66.93, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1656 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.183 25)
XYZ	xyz(21.4324, 12.0754, 3.5847)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA272C #27BAB5

analogous

#BA2776 #BA272C #BA6C27

triadic

#BA272C #2CBA27 #272CBA

tetradic

#BA272C #76BA27 #27BAB5 #6C27BA

square

#BA272C #76BA27 #27BAB5 #6C27BA

split-complementary

#BA272C #27BA6C #2776BA

monochromatic

#551214 #871C20 #BA272C #D8464B #E3797C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BA272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BA272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA272C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA272C	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)

#554D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.183 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86f65',
    500: '#ba272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba272c;
$custom-light: #d86f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.959,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51642,
    "c": 0.18266,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.12072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA272C

secondary

#72CBC8

accent

#E8E340

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA272C

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

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