#BA3838#BA3838

#BA3838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.167 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3838
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 51.90, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 60.09, 30.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1514 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.167 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3801, 13.5563, 5.1788)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3838 #38BABA

analogous

#BA3879 #BA3838 #BA7938

triadic

#BA3838 #38BA38 #3838BA

tetradic

#BA3838 #79BA38 #38BABA #7938BA

square

#BA3838 #79BA38 #38BABA #7938BA

split-complementary

#BA3838 #38BA79 #3879BA

monochromatic

#5C1C1C #8B2A2A #BA3838 #CF6060 #DD8F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#BA3838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BA3838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3838

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3838	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)

#5D5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.167 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7776f',
    500: '#ba3838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3838;
$custom-light: #d7776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53371,
    "c": 0.16677,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3838

secondary

#86C8C8

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3838

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

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