#BE3742#BE3742

#BE3742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.171 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3742
RGB	rgb(190, 55, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 54.11, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 59.76, 25.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.16 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.171 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5872, 14.0763, 6.6282)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3742 #37BEB3

analogous

#BE3785 #BE3742 #BE6F37

triadic

#BE3742 #42BE37 #3742BE

tetradic

#BE3742 #85BE37 #37BEB3 #6F37BE

square

#BE3742 #85BE37 #37BEB3 #6F37BE

split-complementary

#BE3742 #37BE6F #3785BE

monochromatic

#5F1C21 #8F2932 #BE3742 #D1616A #DF9097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BE3742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BE3742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3742

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3742	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)

#5C5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 55, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.171 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97776',
    500: '#be3742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3742;
$custom-light: #d97776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54118,
    "c": 0.17094,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3742

secondary

#87CAC4

accent

#DED249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3742

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

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