#BA4540#BA4540

#BA4540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.152 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4540
RGB	rgb(186, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 46.88, 28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 54.68, 30.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1372 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.152 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3055, 15.0687, 6.5308)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4540 #40B5BA

analogous

#BA4078 #BA4540 #BA8240

triadic

#BA4540 #40BA45 #4540BA

tetradic

#BA4540 #78BA40 #40B5BA #8240BA

square

#BA4540 #78BA40 #40B5BA #8240BA

split-complementary

#BA4540 #40BA82 #4078BA

monochromatic

#5F2321 #8C3430 #BA4540 #CC6F6B #DC9B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#BA4540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#BA4540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4540

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4540	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.152 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57e75',
    500: '#ba4540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4540;
$custom-light: #d57e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55012,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4540

secondary

#8EC5C8

accent

#D3D84F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4540

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

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