#BE4137#BE4137

#BE4137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.162 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4137
RGB	rgb(190, 65, 55)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 49.52, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 59.77, 34.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1432 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.162 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8176, 15.0070, 5.2562)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4137 #37B4BE

analogous

#BE3771 #BE4137 #BE8437

triadic

#BE4137 #37BE41 #4137BE

tetradic

#BE4137 #71BE37 #37B4BE #8437BE

square

#BE4137 #71BE37 #37B4BE #8437BE

split-complementary

#BE4137 #37BE84 #3771BE

monochromatic

#5F211C #8F3129 #BE4137 #D16961 #DF9690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#BE4137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BE4137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4137

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4137	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 65, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.162 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97c6e',
    500: '#be4137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4137;
$custom-light: #d97c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55039,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4137

secondary

#87C5CA

accent

#D3DE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4137

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

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