#BE3736#BE3736

#BE3736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.172 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3736
RGB	rgb(190, 55, 54)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 53.48, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 62.48, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1555 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.172 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2698, 13.9493, 4.9565)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3736 #36BDBE

analogous

#BE3679 #BE3736 #BE7B36

triadic

#BE3736 #36BE37 #3736BE

tetradic

#BE3736 #79BE36 #36BDBE #7B36BE

square

#BE3736 #79BE36 #36BDBE #7B36BE

split-complementary

#BE3736 #36BE7B #3679BE

monochromatic

#5F1B1B #8E2928 #BE3736 #D26060 #DF908F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BE3736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BE3736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3736

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3736	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 55, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.172 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da776d',
    500: '#be3736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3736;
$custom-light: #da776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.441,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53924,
    "c": 0.17211,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3736

secondary

#86C9CA

accent

#DEDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3736

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

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