#BE4437#BE4437

#BE4437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.159 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4437
RGB	rgb(190, 68, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 48.23, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 59.02, 35.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.1391 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.159 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9944, 15.3606, 5.3151)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4437 #37B1BE

analogous

#BE376D #BE4437 #BE8737

triadic

#BE4437 #37BE44 #4437BE

tetradic

#BE4437 #6DBE37 #37B1BE #8737BE

square

#BE4437 #6DBE37 #37B1BE #8737BE

split-complementary

#BE4437 #37BE87 #376DBE

monochromatic

#5F221C #8F3329 #BE4437 #D16C61 #DF9890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BE4437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BE4437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4437

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4437	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 68, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.159 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97e6e',
    500: '#be4437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4437;
$custom-light: #d97e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55399,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4437

secondary

#87C3CA

accent

#D0DE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4437

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

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