#BE3937#BE3937

#BE3937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.170 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3937
RGB	rgb(190, 57, 55)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 52.77, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 61.75, 31.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1534 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.17 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3905, 14.1527, 5.1138)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3937 #37BCBE

analogous

#BE3778 #BE3937 #BE7C37

triadic

#BE3937 #37BE39 #3937BE

tetradic

#BE3937 #78BE37 #37BCBE #7C37BE

square

#BE3937 #78BE37 #37BCBE #7C37BE

split-complementary

#BE3937 #37BE7C #3778BE

monochromatic

#5F1D1C #8F2B29 #BE3937 #D16361 #DF9290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BE3937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BE3937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3937

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3937	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)

#5F5735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 57, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.170 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da786e',
    500: '#be3937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3937;
$custom-light: #da786e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54145,
    "c": 0.17012,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3937

secondary

#87C9CA

accent

#DCDE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3937

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

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