#BE402C#BE402C

#BE402C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.165 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE402C
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 76.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 49.46, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 63.17, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1408 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.165 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5258, 14.7992, 4.0001)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE402C #2CAABE

analogous

#BE2C61 #BE402C #BE892C

triadic

#BE402C #2CBE40 #402CBE

tetradic

#BE402C #61BE2C #2CAABE #892CBE

square

#BE402C #61BE2C #2CAABE #892CBE

split-complementary

#BE402C #2CBE89 #2C61BE

monochromatic

#5B1F15 #8C2F20 #BE402C #D76351 #E28F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#BE402C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BE402C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE402C

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE402C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE402C	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D11B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be402c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.165 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7b66',
    500: '#be402c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be402c;
$custom-light: #da7b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be402c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.219,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54783,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE402C

secondary

#7BC0CB

accent

#CFE542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE402C

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

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