#BE4538#BE4538

#BE4538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.158 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4538
RGB	rgb(190, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 47.84, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 58.49, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1381 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.158 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0797, 15.4923, 5.4630)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4538 #38B1BE

analogous

#BE386E #BE4538 #BE8838

triadic

#BE4538 #38BE45 #4538BE

tetradic

#BE4538 #6EBE38 #38B1BE #8838BE

square

#BE4538 #6EBE38 #38B1BE #8838BE

split-complementary

#BE4538 #38BE88 #386EBE

monochromatic

#5F231C #8F342A #BE4538 #D16D62 #DF9992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#BE4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#BE4538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4538

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4538	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.158 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97e6f',
    500: '#be4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4538;
$custom-light: #d97e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.821,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55537,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4538

secondary

#88C3CA

accent

#CFDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4538

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

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