#BA5156#BA5156

#BA5156 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.136 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5156
RGB	rgb(186, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 42.84, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 46.58, 23.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1282 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.136 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8738, 16.9988, 10.7735)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5156 #51BAB5

analogous

#BA518A #BA5156 #BA8151

triadic

#BA5156 #56BA51 #5156BA

tetradic

#BA5156 #8ABA51 #51BAB5 #8151BA

square

#BA5156 #8ABA51 #51BAB5 #8151BA

split-complementary

#BA5156 #51BA81 #518ABA

monochromatic

#68292C #933A3F #BA5156 #CB7D81 #DDA9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BA5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BA5156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5156

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5156	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.136 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48585',
    500: '#ba5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5156;
$custom-light: #d48585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57046,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5156

secondary

#9DCAC8

accent

#D3CD55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5156

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

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