#BE3C42#BE3C42

#BE3C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.166 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3C42
RGB	rgb(190, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 52.18, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 58.41, 26.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1538 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.166 22)
XYZ	xyz(23.8369, 14.5756, 6.7114)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3C42 #3CBEB8

analogous

#BE3C83 #BE3C42 #BE773C

triadic

#BE3C42 #42BE3C #3C42BE

tetradic

#BE3C42 #83BE3C #3CBEB8 #773CBE

square

#BE3C42 #83BE3C #3CBEB8 #773CBE

split-complementary

#BE3C42 #3CBE77 #3C83BE

monochromatic

#611F22 #8F2D32 #BE3C42 #CF686D #DE969A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BE3C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BE3C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3C42

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3C42	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0193F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.166 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a76',
    500: '#be3c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3c42;
$custom-light: #d97a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54644,
    "c": 0.16594,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.14572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3C42

secondary

#8CCAC7

accent

#DBD54C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3C42

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

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