#BE3231#BE3231

#BE3231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.177 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3231
RGB	rgb(190, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 55.07, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 64.93, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1594 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.177 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9328, 13.4536, 4.2944)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3231 #31BDBE

analogous

#BE3176 #BE3231 #BE7931

triadic

#BE3231 #31BE32 #3231BE

tetradic

#BE3231 #76BE31 #31BDBE #7931BE

square

#BE3231 #76BE31 #31BDBE #7931BE

split-complementary

#BE3231 #31BE79 #3176BE

monochromatic

#5D1818 #8D2524 #BE3231 #D45958 #E18989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BE3231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BE3231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3231

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3231	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B532F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.177 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7469',
    500: '#be3231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3231;
$custom-light: #da7469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.426,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53365,
    "c": 0.17721,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3231

secondary

#80CACA

accent

#E1E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3231

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

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