#BE3C38#BE3C38

#BE3C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.167 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3C38
RGB	rgb(190, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 51.63, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 60.75, 31.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1501 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.167 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5674, 14.4678, 5.2922)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3C38 #38BABE

analogous

#BE3877 #BE3C38 #BE7F38

triadic

#BE3C38 #38BE3C #3C38BE

tetradic

#BE3C38 #77BE38 #38BABE #7F38BE

square

#BE3C38 #77BE38 #38BABE #7F38BE

split-complementary

#BE3C38 #38BE7F #3877BE

monochromatic

#5F1E1C #8F2D2A #BE3C38 #D16662 #DF9492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BE3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BE3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3C38

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3C38	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1153C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.167 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9796f',
    500: '#be3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3c38;
$custom-light: #d9796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54483,
    "c": 0.16711,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3C38

secondary

#88C8CA

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3C38

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

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