#BA5240#BA5240

#BA5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.139 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5240
RGB	rgb(186, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 40.73, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 51.19, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1179 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.139 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1947, 16.8469, 6.8272)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5240 #40A8BA

analogous

#BA406B #BA5240 #BA8F40

triadic

#BA5240 #40BA52 #5240BA

tetradic

#BA5240 #6BBA40 #40A8BA #8F40BA

square

#BA5240 #6BBA40 #40A8BA #8F40BA

split-complementary

#BA5240 #40BA8F #406BBA

monochromatic

#5F2A21 #8C3E30 #BA5240 #CC796B #DCA399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BA5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BA5240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5240

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5240	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.139 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58675',
    500: '#ba5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5240;
$custom-light: #d58675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56777,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5240

secondary

#8EBFC8

accent

#C4D84F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5240

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

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