#BE3C37#BE3C37

#BE3C37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.167 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3C37
RGB	rgb(190, 60, 55)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 51.59, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 61.01, 32.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.1497 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.167 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5432, 14.4581, 5.1647)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3C37 #37B9BE

analogous

#BE3775 #BE3C37 #BE7F37

triadic

#BE3C37 #37BE3C #3C37BE

tetradic

#BE3C37 #75BE37 #37B9BE #7F37BE

square

#BE3C37 #75BE37 #37B9BE #7F37BE

split-complementary

#BE3C37 #37BE7F #3775BE

monochromatic

#5F1E1C #8F2D29 #BE3C37 #D16561 #DF9390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BE3C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BE3C37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3C37

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3C37	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)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1153C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 60, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.167 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9796e',
    500: '#be3c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3c37;
$custom-light: #d9796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54468,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3C37

secondary

#87C7CA

accent

#D9DE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3C37

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

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