#BA2A28#BA2A28

#BA2A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.181 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA2A28
RGB	rgb(186, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 78.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 56.14, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 67.43, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1614 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.181 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4632, 12.2516, 3.2418)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA2A28 #28B8BA

analogous

#BA286F #BA2A28 #BA7328

triadic

#BA2A28 #28BA2A #2A28BA

tetradic

#BA2A28 #6FBA28 #28B8BA #7328BA

square

#BA2A28 #6FBA28 #28B8BA #7328BA

split-complementary

#BA2A28 #28BA73 #286FBA

monochromatic

#551312 #881F1D #BA2A28 #D84A48 #E27B7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#BA2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#BA2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA2A28

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA2A28	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.181 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87063',
    500: '#ba2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba2a28;
$custom-light: #d87063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.822,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51834,
    "c": 0.18087,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA2A28

secondary

#73C9CA

accent

#E5E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA2A28

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

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