#BE3237#BE3237

#BE3237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.177 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3237
RGB	rgb(190, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 55.34, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 63.42, 29.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.1616 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.177 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0680, 13.5077, 5.0063)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3237 #32BEB9

analogous

#BE327D #BE3237 #BE7332

triadic

#BE3237 #37BE32 #3237BE

tetradic

#BE3237 #7DBE32 #32BEB9 #7332BE

square

#BE3237 #7DBE32 #32BEB9 #7332BE

split-complementary

#BE3237 #32BE73 #327DBE

monochromatic

#5D191B #8E2529 #BE3237 #D35A5E #E08A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#BE3237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#BE3237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3237

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3237	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.177 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da756e',
    500: '#be3237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3237;
$custom-light: #da756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5345,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3237

secondary

#82CAC8

accent

#E2DC46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3237

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

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