#BA3837#BA3837

#BA3837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.167 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3837
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 55)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 51.85, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 60.34, 30.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.151 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.167 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3559, 13.5466, 5.0513)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3837 #37B9BA

analogous

#BA3778 #BA3837 #BA7A37

triadic

#BA3837 #37BA38 #3837BA

tetradic

#BA3837 #78BA37 #37B9BA #7A37BA

square

#BA3837 #78BA37 #37B9BA #7A37BA

split-complementary

#BA3837 #37BA7A #3778BA

monochromatic

#5C1C1B #8B2A29 #BA3837 #D05F5F #DE8E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#BA3837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BA3837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3837

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3837	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.167 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7776e',
    500: '#ba3837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3837;
$custom-light: #d7776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.458,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53356,
    "c": 0.16689,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3837

secondary

#85C8C8

accent

#DDDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3837

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

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