#BE3940#BE3940

#BE3940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.169 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3940
RGB	rgb(190, 57, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 53.24, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 59.64, 26.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1568 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.169 22)
XYZ	xyz(23.6262, 14.2470, 6.3554)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3940 #39BEB7

analogous

#BE3982 #BE3940 #BE7439

triadic

#BE3940 #40BE39 #3940BE

tetradic

#BE3940 #82BE39 #39BEB7 #7439BE

square

#BE3940 #82BE39 #39BEB7 #7439BE

split-complementary

#BE3940 #39BE74 #3982BE

monochromatic

#601D20 #8F2B30 #BE3940 #D06469 #DF9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BE3940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BE3940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3940

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3940	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 57, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.169 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97874',
    500: '#be3940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3940;
$custom-light: #d97874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54288,
    "c": 0.16913,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.14244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3940

secondary

#89CAC6

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3940

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

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