#BA4040#BA4040

#BA4040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.158 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4040
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 49.07, 27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 56.07, 28.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1441 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.158 24)
XYZ	xyz(23.0108, 14.4793, 6.4326)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4040 #40BABA

analogous

#BA407D #BA4040 #BA7D40

triadic

#BA4040 #40BA40 #4040BA

tetradic

#BA4040 #7DBA40 #40BABA #7D40BA

square

#BA4040 #7DBA40 #40BABA #7D40BA

split-complementary

#BA4040 #40BA7D #407DBA

monochromatic

#5F2121 #8C3030 #BA4040 #CC6B6B #DC9999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BA4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BA4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4040

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4040	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.158 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b75',
    500: '#ba4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4040;
$custom-light: #d67b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.544,
    "c": 0.1577,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.14476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4040

secondary

#8EC8C8

accent

#D8D84F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4040

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

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