#BE3E37#BE3E37

#BE3E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.165 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3E37
RGB	rgb(190, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 50.77, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 60.51, 32.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.1471 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.165 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6500, 14.6717, 5.2003)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3E37 #37B7BE

analogous

#BE3773 #BE3E37 #BE8137

triadic

#BE3E37 #37BE3E #3E37BE

tetradic

#BE3E37 #73BE37 #37B7BE #8137BE

square

#BE3E37 #73BE37 #37B7BE #8137BE

split-complementary

#BE3E37 #37BE81 #3773BE

monochromatic

#5F1F1C #8F2F29 #BE3E37 #D16761 #DF9490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BE3E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BE3E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3E37

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3E37	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)

#625935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D11A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.165 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a6e',
    500: '#be3e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3e37;
$custom-light: #d97a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54692,
    "c": 0.16532,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3E37

secondary

#87C6CA

accent

#D7DE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3E37

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

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