#BA5259#BA5259

#BA5259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.135 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5259
RGB	rgb(186, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 42.61, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 45.81, 21.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1278 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.135 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0721, 17.1979, 11.4484)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5259 #52BAB3

analogous

#BA528D #BA5259 #BA7F52

triadic

#BA5259 #59BA52 #5259BA

tetradic

#BA5259 #8DBA52 #52BAB3 #7F52BA

square

#BA5259 #8DBA52 #52BAB3 #7F52BA

split-complementary

#BA5259 #52BA7F #528DBA

monochromatic

#682A2E #943B41 #BA5259 #CB7E83 #DDAAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BA5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BA5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5259

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5259	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.135 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38687',
    500: '#ba5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5259;
$custom-light: #d38687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.962,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57254,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5259

secondary

#9DCAC7

accent

#D3CA55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5259

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

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