#BA3237#BA3237

#BA3237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.172 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3237
RGB	rgb(186, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 54.09, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 61.80, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1581 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.172 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0823, 12.9995, 4.9601)
Luminance	0.1300 (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

#BA3237 #32BAB5

analogous

#BA327B #BA3237 #BA7132

triadic

#BA3237 #37BA32 #3237BA

tetradic

#BA3237 #7BBA32 #32BAB5 #7132BA

square

#BA3237 #7BBA32 #32BAB5 #7132BA

split-complementary

#BA3237 #32BA71 #327BBA

monochromatic

#5A181A #8A2529 #BA3237 #D2575C #DF888B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BA3237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BA3237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3237

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3237	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.172 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7746e',
    500: '#ba3237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3237;
$custom-light: #d7746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.794,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52749,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3237

secondary

#7FC9C6

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3237

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

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