#BE2A21#BE2A21

#BE2A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.186 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE2A21
RGB	rgb(190, 42, 33)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 57.14, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 70.99, 36.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1627 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.186 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3404, 12.7165, 2.7168)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE2A21 #21B5BE

analogous

#BE2167 #BE2A21 #BE7821

triadic

#BE2A21 #21BE2A #2A21BE

tetradic

#BE2A21 #67BE21 #21B5BE #7821BE

square

#BE2A21 #67BE21 #21B5BE #7821BE

split-complementary

#BE2A21 #21BE78 #2167BE

monochromatic

#56130F #8A1E18 #BE2A21 #DE483F #E77973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#BE2A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#BE2A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE2A21

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE2A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE2A21	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be2a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 42, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.186 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc715e',
    500: '#be2a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be2a21;
$custom-light: #dc715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be2a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.439,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52488,
    "c": 0.1856,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE2A21

secondary

#6DC8CD

accent

#E3ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE2A21

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

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