#BA5151#BA5151

#BA5151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.136 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5151
RGB	rgb(186, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 42.43, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 47.41, 26.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1262 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.136 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6794, 16.9210, 9.7494)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5151 #51BABA

analogous

#BA5186 #BA5151 #BA8651

triadic

#BA5151 #51BA51 #5151BA

tetradic

#BA5151 #86BA51 #51BABA #8651BA

square

#BA5151 #86BA51 #51BABA #8651BA

split-complementary

#BA5151 #51BA86 #5186BA

monochromatic

#682929 #933A3A #BA5151 #CB7D7D #DDA9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BA5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BA5151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5151

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5151	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.136 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48581',
    500: '#ba5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5151;
$custom-light: #d48581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5151

secondary

#9DCACA

accent

#D3D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5151

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

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