#BE4038#BE4038

#BE4038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.163 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4038
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 49.99, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 59.75, 33.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1449 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.163 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7849, 14.9029, 5.3647)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4038 #38B6BE

analogous

#BE3873 #BE4038 #BE8338

triadic

#BE4038 #38BE40 #4038BE

tetradic

#BE4038 #73BE38 #38B6BE #8338BE

square

#BE4038 #73BE38 #38B6BE #8338BE

split-complementary

#BE4038 #38BE83 #3873BE

monochromatic

#5F201C #8F302A #BE4038 #D16962 #DF9692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#BE4038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#BE4038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4038

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4038	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D11E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.163 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97c6f',
    500: '#be4038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4038;
$custom-light: #d97c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54936,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4038

secondary

#88C6CA

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4038

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

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