#BA2C42#BA2C42

#BA2C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.177 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA2C42
RGB	rgb(186, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 56.72, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 61.01, 21.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.1688 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.177 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1361, 12.6371, 6.4268)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA2C42 #2CBAA4

analogous

#BA2C89 #BA2C42 #BA5D2C

triadic

#BA2C42 #42BA2C #2C42BA

tetradic

#BA2C42 #89BA2C #2CBAA4 #5D2CBA

square

#BA2C42 #89BA2C #2CBAA4 #5D2CBA

split-complementary

#BA2C42 #2CBA5D #2C89BA

monochromatic

#57151F #892030 #BA2C42 #D54E63 #E1808F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#BA2C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BA2C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA2C42

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA2C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA2C42	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba2c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.177 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67276',
    500: '#ba2c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba2c42;
$custom-light: #d67276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba2c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.704,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52397,
    "c": 0.17721,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA2C42

secondary

#78CABD

accent

#E5CC43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA2C42

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

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