#BE2F38#BE2F38

#BE2F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.179 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE2F38
RGB	rgb(190, 47, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 56.41, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 63.87, 27.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1652 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.179 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9681, 13.2692, 5.0924)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE2F38 #2FBEB5

analogous

#BE2F80 #BE2F38 #BE6E2F

triadic

#BE2F38 #38BE2F #2F38BE

tetradic

#BE2F38 #80BE2F #2FBEB5 #6E2FBE

square

#BE2F38 #80BE2F #2FBEB5 #6E2FBE

split-complementary

#BE2F38 #2FBE6E #2F80BE

monochromatic

#5C171B #8D232A #BE2F38 #D5555D #E1868C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BE2F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BE2F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE2F38

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE2F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE2F38	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be2f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 47, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.179 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da736e',
    500: '#be2f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be2f38;
$custom-light: #da736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be2f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.224,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53192,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE2F38

secondary

#7ECBC6

accent

#E3D944

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE2F38

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

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