#BA5253#BA5253

#BA5253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.135 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5253
RGB	rgb(186, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 55.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 42.10, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 46.72, 25.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1254 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.135 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8304, 17.1012, 10.1752)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5253 #52BAB9

analogous

#BA5287 #BA5253 #BA8552

triadic

#BA5253 #53BA52 #5253BA

tetradic

#BA5253 #87BA52 #52BAB9 #8552BA

square

#BA5253 #87BA52 #52BAB9 #8552BA

split-complementary

#BA5253 #52BA85 #5287BA

monochromatic

#682A2A #943B3C #BA5253 #CB7E7E #DDAAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BA5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BA5253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5253

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5253	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.135 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48683',
    500: '#ba5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5253;
$custom-light: #d48683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.423,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57124,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5253

secondary

#9DCACA

accent

#D3D255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5253

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

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