#BE3442#BE3442

#BE3442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.174 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3442
RGB	rgb(190, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 55.21, 24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 60.55, 24.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1635 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.174 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4490, 13.7999, 6.5821)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3442 #34BEB0

analogous

#BE3487 #BE3442 #BE6B34

triadic

#BE3442 #42BE34 #3442BE

tetradic

#BE3442 #87BE34 #34BEB0 #6B34BE

square

#BE3442 #87BE34 #34BEB0 #6B34BE

split-complementary

#BE3442 #34BE6B #3487BE

monochromatic

#5E1A21 #8E2731 #BE3442 #D35D69 #E08D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BE3442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BE3442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3442

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3442	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.174 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97676',
    500: '#be3442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3442;
$custom-light: #d97676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.913,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53822,
    "c": 0.17384,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3442

secondary

#84CAC3

accent

#E0D148

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3442

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

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