#BA272E#BA272E

#BA272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.182 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA272E
RGB	rgb(186, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 57.27, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 66.41, 30.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.1662 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.182 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4709, 12.0908, 3.7875)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA272E #27BAB3

analogous

#BA2778 #BA272E #BA6A27

triadic

#BA272E #2EBA27 #272EBA

tetradic

#BA272E #78BA27 #27BAB3 #6A27BA

square

#BA272E #78BA27 #27BAB3 #6A27BA

split-complementary

#BA272E #27BA6A #2778BA

monochromatic

#551215 #871C21 #BA272E #D8464D #E3797E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BA272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#BA272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA272E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA272E	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.182 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86f67',
    500: '#ba272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba272e;
$custom-light: #d86f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51668,
    "c": 0.18245,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA272E

secondary

#72CBC6

accent

#E8E040

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA272E

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

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