#BE3740#BE3740

#BE3740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.171 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3740
RGB	rgb(190, 55, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 54.00, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 60.16, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1592 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.171 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5293, 14.0531, 6.3231)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3740 #37BEB5

analogous

#BE3783 #BE3740 #BE7137

triadic

#BE3740 #40BE37 #3740BE

tetradic

#BE3740 #83BE37 #37BEB5 #7137BE

square

#BE3740 #83BE37 #37BEB5 #7137BE

split-complementary

#BE3740 #37BE71 #3783BE

monochromatic

#5F1C20 #8F2930 #BE3740 #D16168 #DF9096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BE3740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BE3740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3740

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3740	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1093B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 55, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.171 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97774',
    500: '#be3740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3740;
$custom-light: #d97774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54083,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3740

secondary

#87CAC5

accent

#DED449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3740

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

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