#BE3238#BE3238

#BE3238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.176 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3238
RGB	rgb(190, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, 55.39, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 63.18, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1619 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.176 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0922, 13.5174, 5.1338)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3238 #32BEB8

analogous

#BE327E #BE3238 #BE7232

triadic

#BE3238 #38BE32 #3238BE

tetradic

#BE3238 #7EBE32 #32BEB8 #7232BE

square

#BE3238 #7EBE32 #32BEB8 #7232BE

split-complementary

#BE3238 #32BE72 #327EBE

monochromatic

#5D191B #8E252A #BE3238 #D35A5F #E08A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#BE3238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#BE3238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3238

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3238	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)

#5B5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.176 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da756e',
    500: '#be3238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3238;
$custom-light: #da756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53465,
    "c": 0.17641,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3238

secondary

#82CAC7

accent

#E2DB46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3238

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

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