#BE3842#BE3842

#BE3842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.170 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3842
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 53.73, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 59.49, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1588 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.17 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6352, 14.1723, 6.6442)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3842 #38BEB4

analogous

#BE3885 #BE3842 #BE7138

triadic

#BE3842 #42BE38 #3842BE

tetradic

#BE3842 #85BE38 #38BEB4 #7138BE

square

#BE3842 #85BE38 #38BEB4 #7138BE

split-complementary

#BE3842 #38BE71 #3885BE

monochromatic

#5F1C21 #8F2A32 #BE3842 #D1626B #DF9297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BE3842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BE3842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3842

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3842	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)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.170 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97876',
    500: '#be3842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3842;
$custom-light: #d97876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5422,
    "c": 0.16996,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3842

secondary

#88CAC5

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3842

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

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