#BA5542#BA5542

#BA5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.135 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5542
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 39.36, 30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 49.86, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.114 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.135 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4838, 17.3325, 7.2094)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5542 #42A7BA

analogous

#BA426B #BA5542 #BA9142

triadic

#BA5542 #42BA55 #5542BA

tetradic

#BA5542 #6BBA42 #42A7BA #9142BA

square

#BA5542 #6BBA42 #42A7BA #9142BA

split-complementary

#BA5542 #42BA91 #426BBA

monochromatic

#602C22 #8D4032 #BA5542 #CB7D6E #DBA59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BA5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BA5542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5542

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5542	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.135 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58877',
    500: '#ba5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5542;
$custom-light: #d58877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57249,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5542

secondary

#90BFC8

accent

#C2D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5542

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

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