#BA2C39#BA2C39

#BA2C39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.178 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA2C39
RGB	rgb(186, 44, 57)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, 56.23, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 62.74, 26.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1654 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.178 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8914, 12.5392, 5.1377)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA2C39 #2CBAAD

analogous

#BA2C80 #BA2C39 #BA662C

triadic

#BA2C39 #39BA2C #2C39BA

tetradic

#BA2C39 #80BA2C #2CBAAD #662CBA

square

#BA2C39 #80BA2C #2CBAAD #662CBA

split-complementary

#BA2C39 #2CBA66 #2C80BA

monochromatic

#57151B #89202A #BA2C39 #D54E5A #E18088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#BA2C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#BA2C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA2C39

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA2C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA2C39	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba2c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 44, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.178 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7716f',
    500: '#ba2c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba2c39;
$custom-light: #d7716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba2c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.507,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52237,
    "c": 0.17756,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA2C39

secondary

#78CAC2

accent

#E5D643

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA2C39

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

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