#BA3037#BA3037

#BA3037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.174 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3037
RGB	rgb(186, 48, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 54.79, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 62.27, 28.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.1604 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.174 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9987, 12.8322, 4.9322)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3037 #30BAB3

analogous

#BA307C #BA3037 #BA6E30

triadic

#BA3037 #37BA30 #3037BA

tetradic

#BA3037 #7CBA30 #30BAB3 #6E30BA

square

#BA3037 #7CBA30 #30BAB3 #6E30BA

split-complementary

#BA3037 #30BA6E #307CBA

monochromatic

#59171A #892329 #BA3037 #D3545B #DF858A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#BA3037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BA3037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3037

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3037	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 48, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.174 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7736e',
    500: '#ba3037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3037;
$custom-light: #d7736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.957,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52561,
    "c": 0.17427,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3037

secondary

#7DC9C5

accent

#E2DA46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3037

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

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