#BA5556#BA5556

#BA5556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.131 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5556
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 40.86, 19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 45.20, 25.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.122 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.131 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1799, 17.6109, 10.8755)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5556 #55BAB9

analogous

#BA5588 #BA5556 #BA8655

triadic

#BA5556 #56BA55 #5556BA

tetradic

#BA5556 #88BA55 #55BAB9 #8655BA

square

#BA5556 #88BA55 #55BAB9 #8655BA

split-complementary

#BA5556 #55BA86 #5588BA

monochromatic

#6A2B2C #953D3D #BA5556 #CC8181 #DDACAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BA5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BA5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5556

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5556	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.131 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38885',
    500: '#ba5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5556;
$custom-light: #d38885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.406,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57621,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5556

secondary

#A0CBCB

accent

#D2D156

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5556

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

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