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#BA495C

#ba495c ≈ Brick Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ba495c is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 28.63% green and 36.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 60.75% magenta, 50.54% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 349.91°, with 45.02% saturation and 50.78% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brick Red (#cb4154), ΔE 4.11.

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Relative luminance0.1598

Complementary

  1. #ba495c
  2. #49baa7

Split complementary

  1. #ba495c
  2. #49ba6e
  3. #4994ba

Analogous

  1. #ba4994
  2. #ba495c
  3. #ba6e49

Triadic

  1. #ba495c
  2. #5cba49
  3. #495cba

Tetradic

  1. #ba495c
  2. #baa749
  3. #49baa7
  4. #495cba

Square

  1. #ba495c
  2. #94ba49
  3. #49baa7
  4. #6e49ba

Monochromatic

  1. #4d1d25
  2. #843240
  3. #ba495c
  4. #cf808e
  5. #e4b8bf

Shades

#ba495c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba495c
  2. #a74253
  3. #953a4a
  4. #823340
  5. #702c37
  6. #5d252e
  7. #4a1d25
  8. #38161c
  9. #250f12
  10. #130709
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba495c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba495c
  2. #c15b6c
  3. #c86d7d
  4. #cf808d
  5. #d6929d
  6. #dda4ae
  7. #e3b6be
  8. #eac8ce
  9. #f1dbde
  10. #f8edef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba495c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba495c
  2. #b44f60
  3. #ae5463
  4. #a95a67
  5. #a35f6a
  6. #9d656e
  7. #976a72
  8. #917075
  9. #8c7579
  10. #867b7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #936268 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #62615c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f7859 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca3850 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8e585c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a685a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c43f55 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba495c {
  color: #ba495c;
}
Background
.bg-ba495c {
  background-color: #ba495c;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ba495c {
  border: 2px solid #ba495c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba495c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 73 92;
  --color-primary-hsl: 350 45% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba495c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba495c, #ba6e49);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba495c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 73 92 / 0.35);
}

#cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.11 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 6.65 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 7.50 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 7.68 #d71868 Dogwood Rose ΔE 8.04 #e3256b Razzmatazz ΔE 8.29 #e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 8.31 #45b6a3 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Brick Red
#ba495c  rgb(186, 73, 92)  hsl(350, 45%, 51%)  Brick Red
#49baa7  rgb(73, 186, 167)  hsl(170, 45%, 51%)  Light Sea Green
#5cba49  rgb(92, 186, 73)  hsl(110, 45%, 51%)  Mantis
#495cba  rgb(73, 92, 186)  hsl(230, 45%, 51%)  Sapphire