#BA4542#BA4542

#BA4542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.152 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4542
RGB	rgb(186, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 47.00, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 54.20, 29.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.138 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.152 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3635, 15.0919, 6.8359)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4542 #42B7BA

analogous

#BA427B #BA4542 #BA8142

triadic

#BA4542 #42BA45 #4542BA

tetradic

#BA4542 #7BBA42 #42B7BA #8142BA

square

#BA4542 #7BBA42 #42B7BA #8142BA

split-complementary

#BA4542 #42BA81 #427BBA

monochromatic

#602322 #8D3432 #BA4542 #CB706E #DB9D9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#BA4542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#BA4542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4542

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4542	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.152 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57e76',
    500: '#ba4542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4542;
$custom-light: #d57e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55046,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4542

secondary

#90C6C8

accent

#D4D751

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4542

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

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