#BA4C38#BA4C38

#BA4C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.147 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA4C38
RGB	rgb(186, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 43.19, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 55.03, 38.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1241 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.147 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5503, 15.8966, 5.5689)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA4C38 #38A6BA

analogous

#BA3865 #BA4C38 #BA8D38

triadic

#BA4C38 #38BA4C #4C38BA

tetradic

#BA4C38 #65BA38 #38A6BA #8D38BA

square

#BA4C38 #65BA38 #38A6BA #8D38BA

split-complementary

#BA4C38 #38BA8D #3865BA

monochromatic

#5C261C #8B392A #BA4C38 #CF7160 #DD9B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BA4C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BA4C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA4C38

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA4C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA4C38	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba4c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.147 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6826f',
    500: '#ba4c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba4c38;
$custom-light: #d6826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba4c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55813,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA4C38

secondary

#86BEC8

accent

#C7DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA4C38

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

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