#BE3839#BE3839

#BE3839 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.171 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3839
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 57)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 53.25, 30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 61.49, 30.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1554 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.171 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3905, 14.0744, 5.3551)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3839 #38BEBD

analogous

#BE387C #BE3839 #BE7A38

triadic

#BE3839 #39BE38 #3839BE

tetradic

#BE3839 #7CBE38 #38BEBD #7A38BE

square

#BE3839 #7CBE38 #38BEBD #7A38BE

split-complementary

#BE3839 #38BE7A #387CBE

monochromatic

#5F1C1D #8F2A2B #BE3839 #D16263 #DF9292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BE3839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BE3839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3839

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3839	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)

#5E5638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1083A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.171 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da776f',
    500: '#be3839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3839;
$custom-light: #da776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54071,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3839

secondary

#88CAC9

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3839

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

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