#BA4A49#BA4A49

#BA4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.146 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4A49
RGB	rgb(186, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 45.18, 24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 51.19, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1335 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.146 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9033, 15.8208, 8.0970)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4A49 #49B9BA

analogous

#BA4980 #BA4A49 #BA8249

triadic

#BA4A49 #49BA4A #4A49BA

tetradic

#BA4A49 #80BA49 #49B9BA #8249BA

square

#BA4A49 #80BA49 #49B9BA #8249BA

split-complementary

#BA4A49 #49BA82 #4980BA

monochromatic

#632626 #8F3736 #BA4A49 #CB7675 #DCA2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BA4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BA4A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4A49

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4A49	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.146 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5817b',
    500: '#ba4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4a49;
$custom-light: #d5817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.531,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55821,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4A49

secondary

#96C8C8

accent

#D4D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4A49

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

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