#BA5159#BA5159

#BA5159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.136 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5159
RGB	rgb(186, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 43.10, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 46.18, 21.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1294 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.136 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9972, 17.0482, 11.4235)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5159 #51BAB2

analogous

#BA518D #BA5159 #BA7E51

triadic

#BA5159 #59BA51 #5159BA

tetradic

#BA5159 #8DBA51 #51BAB2 #7E51BA

square

#BA5159 #8DBA51 #51BAB2 #7E51BA

split-complementary

#BA5159 #51BA7E #518DBA

monochromatic

#68292E #933A41 #BA5159 #CB7D83 #DDA9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BA5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BA5159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5159

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5159	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.136 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38587',
    500: '#ba5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5159;
$custom-light: #d38587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57113,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5159

secondary

#9DCAC7

accent

#D3C955

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5159

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

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