Information about #BA4F4F color

#BA4F4F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BA4F4F falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 79, 79) — 72.9% red, 31% green, 31% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 42 / 42 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BA4F4F reads as a confidently colored red and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bittersweet Shimmer (#BF4F51). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dusty Red (#B9484E) and Deep Chestnut (#B94E48).

In RGB terms — rgb(186, 79, 79) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #BA4F4F: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BA4F4F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BA4F4F color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BA4F4F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BA4F4F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Dusty Red color link
Dusty Red

#B9484E

Sunset color link
Sunset

#C0514A

Long Spring color link
Long Spring

#B95754

Earth Red color link
Earth Red

#BF5B53

Flair color link
Flair

#B94B42

Flame Pea color link
Flame Pea

#BE5C48

Rose Vale color link
Rose Vale

#AB4E52

English Red color link
English Red

#AB4B52

Dark Rose color link
Dark Rose

#B5485D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BA4F4F
  • RGB186, 79, 79
  • CMYK0, 42, 42, 27
  • CSSrgb(186, 79, 79)
  • HSL0°, 44%, 52%
  • HSL Precise0°, 43.673%, 51.961%
  • HSV0°, 58%, 73%
  • HSB0°, 58%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.310, 0.310)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.310, 0.310, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.310, 0.310)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBA4F4F
  • DECIMAL ID12209999
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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