#BE3138#BE3138

#BE3138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.177 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3138
RGB	rgb(190, 49, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 55.73, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 63.41, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.163 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.177 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0499, 13.4328, 5.1197)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3138 #31BEB7

analogous

#BE317F #BE3138 #BE7031

triadic

#BE3138 #38BE31 #3138BE

tetradic

#BE3138 #7FBE31 #31BEB7 #7031BE

square

#BE3138 #7FBE31 #31BEB7 #7031BE

split-complementary

#BE3138 #31BE70 #317FBE

monochromatic

#5D181B #8D242A #BE3138 #D4585E #E1898D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#BE3138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BE3138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3138

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3138	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 49, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.177 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da746e',
    500: '#be3138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3138;
$custom-light: #da746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.021,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53372,
    "c": 0.1773,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3138

secondary

#80CAC7

accent

#E2DA46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3138

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

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