#BE3836#BE3836

#BE3836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.171 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3836
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 53.10, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 62.24, 31.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.1543 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.171 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3178, 14.0453, 4.9725)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3836 #36BCBE

analogous

#BE3678 #BE3836 #BE7C36

triadic

#BE3836 #36BE38 #3836BE

tetradic

#BE3836 #78BE36 #36BCBE #7C36BE

square

#BE3836 #78BE36 #36BCBE #7C36BE

split-complementary

#BE3836 #36BE7C #3678BE

monochromatic

#5F1C1B #8E2A28 #BE3836 #D26160 #DF908F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BE3836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BE3836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3836

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3836	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)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.171 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da776d',
    500: '#be3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3836;
$custom-light: #da776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.882,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54027,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3836

secondary

#86C9CA

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3836

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

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