#BA5535#BA5535

#BA5535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.139 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5535
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 38.61, 37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 53.94, 44.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1093 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.139 38)
XYZ	xyz(24.1431, 17.1962, 5.4153)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5535 #359ABA

analogous

#BA3558 #BA5535 #BA9835

triadic

#BA5535 #35BA55 #5535BA

tetradic

#BA5535 #58BA35 #359ABA #9835BA

square

#BA5535 #58BA35 #359ABA #9835BA

split-complementary

#BA5535 #35BA98 #3558BA

monochromatic

#5B291A #8A3F27 #BA5535 #D0785C #DE9F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BA5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BA5535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5535

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5535	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)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.139 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5876d',
    500: '#ba5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5535;
$custom-light: #d5876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57065,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.17193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5535

secondary

#82B8C8

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5535

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

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