#BE3A42#BE3A42

#BE3A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.168 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3A42
RGB	rgb(190, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 52.97, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 58.95, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1563 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.168 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7341, 14.3700, 6.6771)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3A42 #3ABEB6

analogous

#BE3A84 #BE3A42 #BE743A

triadic

#BE3A42 #42BE3A #3A42BE

tetradic

#BE3A42 #84BE3A #3ABEB6 #743ABE

square

#BE3A42 #84BE3A #3ABEB6 #743ABE

split-complementary

#BE3A42 #3ABE74 #3A84BE

monochromatic

#601D21 #8F2C32 #BE3A42 #D0656C #DE9499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BE3A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BE3A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3A42

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3A42	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0143E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.168 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97976',
    500: '#be3a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3a42;
$custom-light: #d97976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54429,
    "c": 0.16797,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3A42

secondary

#8ACAC6

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3A42

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

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