#BA5138#BA5138

#BA5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.142 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5138
RGB	rgb(186, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 40.76, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 53.84, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1165 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.142 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9083, 16.6126, 5.6882)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5138 #38A1BA

analogous

#BA3860 #BA5138 #BA9238

triadic

#BA5138 #38BA51 #5138BA

tetradic

#BA5138 #60BA38 #38A1BA #9238BA

square

#BA5138 #60BA38 #38A1BA #9238BA

split-complementary

#BA5138 #38BA92 #3860BA

monochromatic

#5C281C #8B3D2A #BA5138 #CF7560 #DD9E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BA5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BA5138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5138

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5138	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.142 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5856f',
    500: '#ba5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5138;
$custom-light: #d5856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56516,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5138

secondary

#86BBC8

accent

#C1DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5138

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

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