#BA5538#BA5538

#BA5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.138 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5538
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 38.77, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 52.95, 42.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1104 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.138 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2143, 17.2247, 5.7902)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5538 #389DBA

analogous

#BA385C #BA5538 #BA9638

triadic

#BA5538 #38BA55 #5538BA

tetradic

#BA5538 #5CBA38 #389DBA #9638BA

square

#BA5538 #5CBA38 #389DBA #9638BA

split-complementary

#BA5538 #38BA96 #385CBA

monochromatic

#5C2A1C #8B402A #BA5538 #CF7960 #DDA18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BA5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BA5538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5538

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5538	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)

#706635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.138 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58770',
    500: '#ba5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5538;
$custom-light: #d58770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57104,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5538

secondary

#86B9C8

accent

#BCDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5538

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

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