#BA4A38#BA4A38

#BA4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.149 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4A38
RGB	rgb(186, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 44.13, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 55.52, 37.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.127 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.149 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4146, 15.6253, 5.5236)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4A38 #38A8BA

analogous

#BA3867 #BA4A38 #BA8B38

triadic

#BA4A38 #38BA4A #4A38BA

tetradic

#BA4A38 #67BA38 #38A8BA #8B38BA

square

#BA4A38 #67BA38 #38A8BA #8B38BA

split-complementary

#BA4A38 #38BA8B #3867BA

monochromatic

#5C251C #8B372A #BA4A38 #CF6F60 #DD9A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#BA4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BA4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4A38

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4A38	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.149 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6816f',
    500: '#ba4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4a38;
$custom-light: #d6816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55541,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4A38

secondary

#86BFC8

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4A38

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

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