#BE3C35#BE3C35

#BE3C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.168 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3C35
RGB	rgb(190, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 51.49, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 61.54, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.149 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.168 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4962, 14.4394, 4.9173)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3C35 #35B7BE

analogous

#BE3572 #BE3C35 #BE8135

triadic

#BE3C35 #35BE3C #3C35BE

tetradic

#BE3C35 #72BE35 #35B7BE #8135BE

square

#BE3C35 #72BE35 #35B7BE #8135BE

split-complementary

#BE3C35 #35BE81 #3572BE

monochromatic

#5E1E1A #8E2D28 #BE3C35 #D2645E #DF928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BE3C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BE3C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3C35

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3C35	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1143C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.168 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da796d',
    500: '#be3c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3c35;
$custom-light: #da796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.066,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5444,
    "c": 0.16756,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3C35

secondary

#85C6CA

accent

#D8E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3C35

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

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