#BA3937#BA3937

#BA3937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.166 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA3937
RGB	rgb(186, 57, 55)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 51.46, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 60.09, 31.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1498 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.166 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4048, 13.6445, 5.0676)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA3937 #37B8BA

analogous

#BA3777 #BA3937 #BA7B37

triadic

#BA3937 #37BA39 #3937BA

tetradic

#BA3937 #77BA37 #37B8BA #7B37BA

square

#BA3937 #77BA37 #37B8BA #7B37BA

split-complementary

#BA3937 #37BA7B #3777BA

monochromatic

#5C1C1B #8B2B29 #BA3937 #D0605F #DE8F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BA3937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BA3937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA3937

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA3937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA3937	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba3937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 57, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.166 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7776e',
    500: '#ba3937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba3937;
$custom-light: #d7776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba3937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.916,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53463,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA3937

secondary

#85C7C8

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA3937

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

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