#BE3638#BE3638

#BE3638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.173 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3638
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 53.95, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 62.22, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1574 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.173 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2707, 13.8745, 5.1933)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3638 #36BEBC

analogous

#BE367C #BE3638 #BE7836

triadic

#BE3638 #38BE36 #3638BE

tetradic

#BE3638 #7CBE36 #36BEBC #7836BE

square

#BE3638 #7CBE36 #36BEBC #7836BE

split-complementary

#BE3638 #36BE78 #367CBE

monochromatic

#5F1B1C #8E282A #BE3638 #D26061 #DF8F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BE3638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BE3638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3638

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3638	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.173 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da766f',
    500: '#be3638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3638;
$custom-light: #da766f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.118,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53852,
    "c": 0.17279,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3638

secondary

#86CAC9

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3638

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

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