#BE3840#BE3840

#BE3840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.170 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3840
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 53.62, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 59.90, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.158 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.17 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5773, 14.1491, 6.3391)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3840 #38BEB6

analogous

#BE3883 #BE3840 #BE7338

triadic

#BE3840 #40BE38 #3840BE

tetradic

#BE3840 #83BE38 #38BEB6 #7338BE

square

#BE3840 #83BE38 #38BEB6 #7338BE

split-complementary

#BE3840 #38BE73 #3883BE

monochromatic

#5F1C20 #8F2A30 #BE3840 #D16269 #DF9296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BE3840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BE3840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3840

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3840	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.170 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97874',
    500: '#be3840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3840;
$custom-light: #d97874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54185,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3840

secondary

#88CAC6

accent

#DED54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3840

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

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