#BE453F#BE453F

#BE453F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.157 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE453F
RGB	rgb(190, 69, 63)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 66.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 48.22, 29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 56.63, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1407 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.157 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2630, 15.5656, 6.4285)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE453F #3FB8BE

analogous

#BE3F78 #BE453F #BE853F

triadic

#BE453F #3FBE45 #453FBE

tetradic

#BE453F #78BE3F #3FB8BE #853FBE

square

#BE453F #78BE3F #3FB8BE #853FBE

split-complementary

#BE453F #3FBE85 #3F78BE

monochromatic

#622421 #903430 #BE453F #CE716C #DD9D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#BE453F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BE453F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE453F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE453F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE453F	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be453f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 69, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.157 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97e74',
    500: '#be453f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be453f;
$custom-light: #d97e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be453f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.835,
    "s": 50.198,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55642,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE453F

secondary

#8FC7C9

accent

#D3DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE453F

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

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