#BA3836#BA3836

#BA3836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.167 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3836
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 51.80, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 60.59, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1507 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.167 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3322, 13.5371, 4.9263)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3836 #36B8BA

analogous

#BA3676 #BA3836 #BA7A36

triadic

#BA3836 #36BA38 #3836BA

tetradic

#BA3836 #76BA36 #36B8BA #7A36BA

square

#BA3836 #76BA36 #36B8BA #7A36BA

split-complementary

#BA3836 #36BA7A #3676BA

monochromatic

#5B1B1A #8B2A28 #BA3836 #D05F5D #DE8E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#BA3836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BA3836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3836

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3836	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.167 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7776d',
    500: '#ba3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3836;
$custom-light: #d7776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53341,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3836

secondary

#84C7C8

accent

#DCDE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3836

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

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