#BE3539#BE3539

#BE3539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.174 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3539
RGB	rgb(190, 53, 57)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 54.37, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 62.23, 29.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1589 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.174 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2494, 13.7922, 5.3081)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3539 #35BEBA

analogous

#BE357E #BE3539 #BE7535

triadic

#BE3539 #39BE35 #3539BE

tetradic

#BE3539 #7EBE35 #35BEBA #7535BE

square

#BE3539 #7EBE35 #35BEBA #7535BE

split-complementary

#BE3539 #35BE75 #357EBE

monochromatic

#5E1A1C #8E282B #BE3539 #D25E61 #DF8E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BE3539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BE3539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3539

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3539	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)

#5C5538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 53, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.174 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da766f',
    500: '#be3539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3539;
$custom-light: #da766f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.248,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53768,
    "c": 0.17361,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3539

secondary

#85CAC8

accent

#E0DB48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3539

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

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