#BA3138#BA3138

#BA3138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.173 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3138
RGB	rgb(186, 49, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 54.49, 29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 61.80, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.1596 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.173 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0643, 12.9246, 5.0735)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3138 #31BAB3

analogous

#BA317C #BA3138 #BA6E31

triadic

#BA3138 #38BA31 #3138BA

tetradic

#BA3138 #7CBA31 #31BAB3 #6E31BA

square

#BA3138 #7CBA31 #31BAB3 #6E31BA

split-complementary

#BA3138 #31BA6E #317CBA

monochromatic

#59171B #8A2429 #BA3138 #D2565C #DF868B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#BA3138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BA3138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3138

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3138	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 49, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.173 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7746e',
    500: '#ba3138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3138;
$custom-light: #d7746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5267,
    "c": 0.17328,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3138

secondary

#7EC9C5

accent

#E2DA46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3138

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

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