#BE2220#BE2220

#BE2220 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.191 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE2220
RGB	rgb(190, 34, 32)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 83.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 59.35, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 72.65, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.1694 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.191 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0707, 12.1991, 2.5588)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE2220 #20BCBE

analogous

#BE206D #BE2220 #BE7120

triadic

#BE2220 #20BE22 #2220BE

tetradic

#BE2220 #6DBE20 #20BCBE #7120BE

square

#BE2220 #6DBE20 #20BCBE #7120BE

split-complementary

#BE2220 #20BE71 #206DBE

monochromatic

#550F0E #8A1917 #BE2220 #DE3F3D #E77371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#BE2220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BE2220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE2220

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE2220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE2220	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be2220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 34, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.191 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc6e5d',
    500: '#be2220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be2220;
$custom-light: #dc6e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be2220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.759,
    "s": 71.171,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51889,
    "c": 0.19112,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE2220

secondary

#6CCDCE

accent

#ECEE3A

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE2220

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

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