#BA3238#BA3238

#BA3238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.172 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3238
RGB	rgb(186, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 54.14, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 61.56, 28.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.1585 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.172 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1066, 13.0092, 5.0876)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3238 #32BAB4

analogous

#BA327C #BA3238 #BA7032

triadic

#BA3238 #38BA32 #3238BA

tetradic

#BA3238 #7CBA32 #32BAB4 #7032BA

square

#BA3238 #7CBA32 #32BAB4 #7032BA

split-complementary

#BA3238 #32BA70 #327CBA

monochromatic

#5A181B #8A2529 #BA3238 #D2575D #DF888B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BA3238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BA3238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3238

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3238	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)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.172 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7746e',
    500: '#ba3238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3238;
$custom-light: #d7746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52765,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3238

secondary

#7FC9C5

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3238

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

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