#BE3A38#BE3A38

#BE3A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.169 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3A38
RGB	rgb(190, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 52.43, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 61.25, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1526 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.169 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4646, 14.2622, 5.2579)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3A38 #38BCBE

analogous

#BE3879 #BE3A38 #BE7D38

triadic

#BE3A38 #38BE3A #3A38BE

tetradic

#BE3A38 #79BE38 #38BCBE #7D38BE

square

#BE3A38 #79BE38 #38BCBE #7D38BE

split-complementary

#BE3A38 #38BE7D #3879BE

monochromatic

#5F1D1C #8F2C2A #BE3A38 #D16462 #DF9392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BE3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BE3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3A38

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3A38	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.169 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9786f',
    500: '#be3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3a38;
$custom-light: #d9786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54266,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3A38

secondary

#88C9CA

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3A38

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

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