#BA5238#BA5238

#BA5238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5238
RGB	rgb(186, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 40.27, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 53.62, 41.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.115 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.141 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9831, 16.7623, 5.7131)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5238 #38A0BA

analogous

#BA385F #BA5238 #BA9338

triadic

#BA5238 #38BA52 #5238BA

tetradic

#BA5238 #5FBA38 #38A0BA #9338BA

square

#BA5238 #5FBA38 #38A0BA #9338BA

split-complementary

#BA5238 #38BA93 #385FBA

monochromatic

#5C291C #8B3D2A #BA5238 #CF7660 #DD9F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BA5238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BA5238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5238

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5238	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5866f',
    500: '#ba5238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5238;
$custom-light: #d5866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56661,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5238

secondary

#86BBC8

accent

#C0DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5238

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

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