#BE4236#BE4236

#BE4236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.162 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4236
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 49.05, 34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 59.79, 34.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1415 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.162 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8518, 15.1133, 5.1505)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4236 #36B2BE

analogous

#BE366E #BE4236 #BE8636

triadic

#BE4236 #36BE42 #4236BE

tetradic

#BE4236 #6EBE36 #36B2BE #8636BE

square

#BE4236 #6EBE36 #36B2BE #8636BE

split-complementary

#BE4236 #36BE86 #366EBE

monochromatic

#5F211B #8E3128 #BE4236 #D26A60 #DF968F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#BE4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#BE4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4236

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4236	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.162 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97d6d',
    500: '#be4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4236;
$custom-light: #d97d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55143,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4236

secondary

#86C4CA

accent

#D2DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4236

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

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