#BE271A#BE271A

#BE271A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.189 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE271A
RGB	rgb(190, 39, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 76%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 86.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 57.85, 45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 73.48, 38.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.1636 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.189 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1500, 12.4764, 2.2190)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE271A #1AB1BE

analogous

#BE1A5F #BE271A #BE791A

triadic

#BE271A #1ABE27 #271ABE

tetradic

#BE271A #5FBE1A #1AB1BE #791ABE

square

#BE271A #5FBE1A #1AB1BE #791ABE

split-complementary

#BE271A #1ABE79 #1A5FBE

monochromatic

#52110B #881C13 #BE271A #E34032 #EA7268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#BE271A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#BE271A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE271A

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE271A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE271A	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be271a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 39, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.189 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc705a',
    500: '#be271a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be271a;
$custom-light: #dc705a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be271a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.756,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52196,
    "c": 0.18853,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE271A

secondary

#64C7D0

accent

#E4F335

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE271A

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

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