#BA4949#BA4949

#BA4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.147 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4949
RGB	rgb(186, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 45.64, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 51.50, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1349 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.147 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8370, 15.6883, 8.0750)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4949 #49BABA

analogous

#BA4981 #BA4949 #BA8149

triadic

#BA4949 #49BA49 #4949BA

tetradic

#BA4949 #81BA49 #49BABA #8149BA

square

#BA4949 #81BA49 #49BABA #8149BA

split-complementary

#BA4949 #49BA81 #4981BA

monochromatic

#632626 #8F3636 #BA4949 #CB7575 #DCA2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BA4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BA4949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4949

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4949	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.147 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5807b',
    500: '#ba4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4949;
$custom-light: #d5807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55688,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4949

secondary

#96C8C8

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4949

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

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