#BE312B#BE312B

#BE312B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.179 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE312B
RGB	rgb(190, 49, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 77.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 55.18, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 66.78, 34.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1585 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.179 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7722, 13.3217, 3.6573)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE312B #2BB8BE

analogous

#BE2B6E #BE312B #BE7A2B

triadic

#BE312B #2BBE31 #312BBE

tetradic

#BE312B #6EBE2B #2BB8BE #7A2BBE

square

#BE312B #6EBE2B #2BB8BE #7A2BBE

split-complementary

#BE312B #2BBE7A #2B6EBE

monochromatic

#5A1714 #8C2420 #BE312B #D7554F #E28581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#BE312B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BE312B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE312B

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE312B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE312B	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be312b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 49, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.179 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7465',
    500: '#be312b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be312b;
$custom-light: #db7465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be312b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53197,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE312B

secondary

#7AC8CB

accent

#DFE642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE312B

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

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