#BE3C40#BE3C40

#BE3C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.166 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3C40
RGB	rgb(190, 60, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 52.06, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 58.84, 27.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.1531 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.166 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7790, 14.5524, 6.4063)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3C40 #3CBEBA

analogous

#BE3C81 #BE3C40 #BE793C

triadic

#BE3C40 #40BE3C #3C40BE

tetradic

#BE3C40 #81BE3C #3CBEBA #793CBE

square

#BE3C40 #81BE3C #3CBEBA #793CBE

split-complementary

#BE3C40 #3CBE79 #3C81BE

monochromatic

#611F21 #8F2D30 #BE3C40 #CF686B #DE9699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BE3C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BE3C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3C40

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3C40	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0183F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 60, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.166 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a75',
    500: '#be3c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3c40;
$custom-light: #d97a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5461,
    "c": 0.16612,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3C40

secondary

#8CCAC8

accent

#DBD74C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3C40

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

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