#BE3C36#BE3C36

#BE3C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.167 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3C36
RGB	rgb(190, 60, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 51.54, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 61.27, 32.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1493 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.167 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5195, 14.4487, 5.0397)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3C36 #36B8BE

analogous

#BE3674 #BE3C36 #BE8036

triadic

#BE3C36 #36BE3C #3C36BE

tetradic

#BE3C36 #74BE36 #36B8BE #8036BE

square

#BE3C36 #74BE36 #36B8BE #8036BE

split-complementary

#BE3C36 #36BE80 #3674BE

monochromatic

#5F1E1B #8E2D28 #BE3C36 #D26560 #DF938F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BE3C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BE3C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3C36

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3C36	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)

#615834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1143C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 60, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.167 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da796d',
    500: '#be3c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3c36;
$custom-light: #da796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.647,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54454,
    "c": 0.16741,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3C36

secondary

#86C7CA

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3C36

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

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