#BA3537#BA3537

#BA3537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.170 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3537
RGB	rgb(186, 53, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 52.99, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 61.07, 29.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1546 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.17 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2148, 13.2645, 5.0043)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3537 #35BAB8

analogous

#BA357A #BA3537 #BA7635

triadic

#BA3537 #37BA35 #3537BA

tetradic

#BA3537 #7ABA35 #35BAB8 #7635BA

square

#BA3537 #7ABA35 #35BAB8 #7635BA

split-complementary

#BA3537 #35BA76 #357ABA

monochromatic

#5B1A1B #8A2729 #BA3537 #D05C5D #DE8B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BA3537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BA3537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3537

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3537	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 53, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.170 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7756e',
    500: '#ba3537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3537;
$custom-light: #d7756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53045,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3537

secondary

#82C8C7

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3537

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

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