#BE3E38#BE3E38

#BE3E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.165 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE3E38
RGB	rgb(190, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 50.82, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 60.25, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1475 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.165 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6742, 14.6813, 5.3278)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE3E38 #38B8BE

analogous

#BE3875 #BE3E38 #BE8138

triadic

#BE3E38 #38BE3E #3E38BE

tetradic

#BE3E38 #75BE38 #38B8BE #8138BE

square

#BE3E38 #75BE38 #38B8BE #8138BE

split-complementary

#BE3E38 #38BE81 #3875BE

monochromatic

#5F1F1C #8F2F2A #BE3E38 #D16762 #DF9592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BE3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BE3E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE3E38

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE3E38	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D11A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.165 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a6f',
    500: '#be3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be3e38;
$custom-light: #d97a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54706,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE3E38

secondary

#88C7CA

accent

#D7DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE3E38

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

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