#BE3B38#BE3B38

#BE3B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.168 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3B38
RGB	rgb(190, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 52.03, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 61.00, 31.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1513 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.168 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5155, 14.3640, 5.2749)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3B38 #38BBBE

analogous

#BE3878 #BE3B38 #BE7E38

triadic

#BE3B38 #38BE3B #3B38BE

tetradic

#BE3B38 #78BE38 #38BBBE #7E38BE

square

#BE3B38 #78BE38 #38BBBE #7E38BE

split-complementary

#BE3B38 #38BE7E #3878BE

monochromatic

#5F1E1C #8F2C2A #BE3B38 #D16562 #DF9392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BE3B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BE3B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3B38

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3B38	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)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1123C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.168 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9796f',
    500: '#be3b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3b38;
$custom-light: #d9796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54374,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3B38

secondary

#88C8CA

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3B38

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

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