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#BA5259

#ba5259 ≈ Brick Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ba5259 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 32.16% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 55.91% magenta, 52.15% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 355.96°, with 42.98% saturation and 52.55% 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 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brick Red (#cb4154), ΔE 4.04.

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Relative luminance0.1719

Complementary

  1. #ba5259
  2. #52bab3

Split complementary

  1. #ba5259
  2. #52ba7f
  3. #528dba

Analogous

  1. #ba528d
  2. #ba5259
  3. #ba7f52

Triadic

  1. #ba5259
  2. #59ba52
  3. #5259ba

Tetradic

  1. #ba5259
  2. #bab352
  3. #52bab3
  4. #5259ba

Square

  1. #ba5259
  2. #8dba52
  3. #52bab3
  4. #7f52ba

Monochromatic

  1. #522124
  2. #89373c
  3. #ba5259
  4. #d0898d
  5. #e6bfc2

Shades

#ba5259 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba5259
  2. #a74a50
  3. #954247
  4. #82393e
  5. #703135
  6. #5d292d
  7. #4a2124
  8. #38191b
  9. #251012
  10. #130809
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba5259 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba5259
  2. #c1636a
  3. #c8757a
  4. #cf868b
  5. #d6979b
  6. #dda9ac
  7. #e3babd
  8. #eacbcd
  9. #f1dcde
  10. #f8eeee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba5259 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba5259
  2. #b4575d
  3. #ae5b61
  4. #a96065
  5. #a36469
  6. #9d696d
  7. #976e70
  8. #917274
  9. #8c7778
  10. #867b7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95676a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a6659 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #847b57 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca4255 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #915f59 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c6d58 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c44957 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba5259 {
  color: #ba5259;
}
Background
.bg-ba5259 {
  background-color: #ba5259;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ba5259 {
  border: 2px solid #ba5259;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba5259;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 82 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 356 43% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba5259 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba5259, #ba7f52);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba5259 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 82 89 / 0.35);
}

#cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.04 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 5.59 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 6.36 #e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 8.08 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 8.41 #c41e3a Cardinal ΔE 8.66 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 8.99 #45ada6 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Brick Red
#ba5259  rgb(186, 82, 89)  hsl(356, 43%, 53%)  Brick Red
#52bab3  rgb(82, 186, 179)  hsl(176, 43%, 53%)  Verdigris
#59ba52  rgb(89, 186, 82)  hsl(116, 43%, 53%)  Mantis
#5259ba  rgb(82, 89, 186)  hsl(236, 43%, 53%)  Iris