#BE3E36#BE3E36

#BE3E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.165 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3E36
RGB	rgb(190, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 50.73, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 60.78, 33.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1468 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.165 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6262, 14.6622, 5.0753)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3E36 #36B6BE

analogous

#BE3672 #BE3E36 #BE8236

triadic

#BE3E36 #36BE3E #3E36BE

tetradic

#BE3E36 #72BE36 #36B6BE #8236BE

square

#BE3E36 #72BE36 #36B6BE #8236BE

split-complementary

#BE3E36 #36BE82 #3672BE

monochromatic

#5F1F1B #8E2E28 #BE3E36 #D26660 #DF948F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BE3E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BE3E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3E36

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3E36	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1193D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.165 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a6d',
    500: '#be3e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3e36;
$custom-light: #d97a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54678,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3E36

secondary

#86C6CA

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3E36

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

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