#BE3542#BE3542

#BE3542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.173 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3542
RGB	rgb(190, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 54.85, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 60.29, 24.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1623 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.173 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4942, 13.8902, 6.5972)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3542 #35BEB1

analogous

#BE3586 #BE3542 #BE6D35

triadic

#BE3542 #42BE35 #3542BE

tetradic

#BE3542 #86BE35 #35BEB1 #6D35BE

square

#BE3542 #86BE35 #35BEB1 #6D35BE

split-complementary

#BE3542 #35BE6D #3586BE

monochromatic

#5E1A21 #8E2831 #BE3542 #D25E69 #DF8E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BE3542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BE3542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3542

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3542	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0033B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.173 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97676',
    500: '#be3542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3542;
$custom-light: #d97676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.307,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53919,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3542

secondary

#85CAC3

accent

#E0D148

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3542

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

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