#BE2C25#BE2C25

#BE2C25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.184 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE2C25
RGB	rgb(190, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 80.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 56.63, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 69.48, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1619 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.184 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4725, 12.8857, 3.0538)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE2C25 #25B7BE

analogous

#BE256B #BE2C25 #BE7925

triadic

#BE2C25 #25BE2C #2C25BE

tetradic

#BE2C25 #6BBE25 #25B7BE #7925BE

square

#BE2C25 #6BBE25 #25B7BE #7925BE

split-complementary

#BE2C25 #25BE79 #256BBE

monochromatic

#581411 #8B201B #BE2C25 #DB4C45 #E57E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BE2C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BE2C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE2C25

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE2C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE2C25	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be2c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.184 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7261',
    500: '#be2c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be2c25;
$custom-light: #db7261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be2c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.745,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52691,
    "c": 0.18361,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE2C25

secondary

#72C8CD

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE2C25

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

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