#BA3538#BA3538

#BA3538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.170 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3538
RGB	rgb(186, 53, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 53.05, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 60.83, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.155 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.17 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2390, 13.2741, 5.1318)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3538 #35BAB7

analogous

#BA357A #BA3538 #BA7535

triadic

#BA3538 #38BA35 #3538BA

tetradic

#BA3538 #7ABA35 #35BAB7 #7535BA

square

#BA3538 #7ABA35 #35BAB7 #7535BA

split-complementary

#BA3538 #35BA75 #357ABA

monochromatic

#5B1A1B #8A272A #BA3538 #D05C5E #DE8B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BA3538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BA3538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3538

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3538	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)

#5B5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 53, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.170 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7756e',
    500: '#ba3538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3538;
$custom-light: #d7756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.647,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5306,
    "c": 0.16961,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3538

secondary

#82C8C7

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3538

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

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