#BE3837#BE3837

#BE3837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.171 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3837
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 55)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 53.15, 31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 61.99, 30.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1546 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.171 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3415, 14.0548, 5.0975)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3837 #37BDBE

analogous

#BE377A #BE3837 #BE7B37

triadic

#BE3837 #37BE38 #3837BE

tetradic

#BE3837 #7ABE37 #37BDBE #7B37BE

square

#BE3837 #7ABE37 #37BDBE #7B37BE

split-complementary

#BE3837 #37BE7B #377ABE

monochromatic

#5F1C1C #8F2A29 #BE3837 #D16261 #DF9190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BE3837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BE3837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3837

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3837	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)

#5E5636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.171 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da776e',
    500: '#be3837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3837;
$custom-light: #da776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54041,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3837

secondary

#87C9CA

accent

#DDDE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3837

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

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