#BE3537#BE3537

#BE3537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.174 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3537
RGB	rgb(190, 53, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 54.27, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 62.71, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.1582 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.174 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2005, 13.7727, 5.0505)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3537 #35BEBC

analogous

#BE357C #BE3537 #BE7735

triadic

#BE3537 #37BE35 #3537BE

tetradic

#BE3537 #7CBE35 #35BEBC #7735BE

square

#BE3537 #7CBE35 #35BEBC #7735BE

split-complementary

#BE3537 #35BE77 #357CBE

monochromatic

#5E1A1B #8E2829 #BE3537 #D25E60 #DF8E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BE3537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BE3537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3537

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3537	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 53, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.174 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da766e',
    500: '#be3537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3537;
$custom-light: #da766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53738,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3537

secondary

#85CAC9

accent

#E0DD48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3537

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

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