#BA4940#BA4940

#BA4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.148 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4940
RGB	rgb(186, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 45.05, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 53.57, 32.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1314 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.148 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5599, 15.5775, 6.6156)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4940 #40B1BA

analogous

#BA4074 #BA4940 #BA8640

triadic

#BA4940 #40BA49 #4940BA

tetradic

#BA4940 #74BA40 #40B1BA #8640BA

square

#BA4940 #74BA40 #40B1BA #8640BA

split-complementary

#BA4940 #40BA86 #4074BA

monochromatic

#5F2521 #8C3730 #BA4940 #CC726B #DC9E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BA4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BA4940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4940

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4940	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.148 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58075',
    500: '#ba4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4940;
$custom-light: #d58075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.426,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5553,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4940

secondary

#8EC3C8

accent

#CED84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4940

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

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