#BE2522#BE2522

#BE2522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.189 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE2522
RGB	rgb(190, 37, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 82.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, 58.61, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 71.60, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1675 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.189 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1883, 12.3894, 2.7362)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE2522 #22BBBE

analogous

#BE226D #BE2522 #BE7322

triadic

#BE2522 #22BE25 #2522BE

tetradic

#BE2522 #6DBE22 #22BBBE #7322BE

square

#BE2522 #6DBE22 #22BBBE #7322BE

split-complementary

#BE2522 #22BE73 #226DBE

monochromatic

#56110F #8A1B19 #BE2522 #DD4340 #E67674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#BE2522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#BE2522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE2522

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE2522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE2522	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be2522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 37, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.189 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc6f5e',
    500: '#be2522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be2522;
$custom-light: #dc6f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be2522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.154,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52116,
    "c": 0.18896,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE2522

secondary

#6FCBCD

accent

#E9EC3B

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE2522

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

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