#BE3540#BE3540

#BE3540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.173 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3540
RGB	rgb(190, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 54.74, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 60.68, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1616 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.173 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.4362, 13.8670, 6.2920)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3540 #35BEB3

analogous

#BE3585 #BE3540 #BE6E35

triadic

#BE3540 #40BE35 #3540BE

tetradic

#BE3540 #85BE35 #35BEB3 #6E35BE

square

#BE3540 #85BE35 #35BEB3 #6E35BE

split-complementary

#BE3540 #35BE6E #3585BE

monochromatic

#5E1A20 #8E2830 #BE3540 #D25E67 #DF8E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BE3540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BE3540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3540

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3540	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1013A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.173 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97674',
    500: '#be3540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3540;
$custom-light: #d97674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.182,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53883,
    "c": 0.173,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.13864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3540

secondary

#85CAC4

accent

#E0D348

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3540

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

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