#BE404E#BE404E

#BE404E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.161 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE404E
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 51.33, 20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 55.10, 21.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1533 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.161 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4461, 15.1673, 8.8466)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE404E #40BEB0

analogous

#BE408D #BE404E #BE7140

triadic

#BE404E #4EBE40 #404EBE

tetradic

#BE404E #8DBE40 #40BEB0 #7140BE

square

#BE404E #8DBE40 #40BEB0 #7140BE

split-complementary

#BE404E #40BE71 #408DBE

monochromatic

#622128 #90313B #BE404E #CE6D78 #DD9BA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BE404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BE404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE404E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE404E	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.161 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87c7f',
    500: '#be404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be404e;
$custom-light: #d87c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55323,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE404E

secondary

#90C9C3

accent

#D9CA4F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE404E

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

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