#BE4638#BE4638

#BE4638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.157 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4638
RGB	rgb(190, 70, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 47.40, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 58.24, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1367 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.157 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1417, 15.6164, 5.4836)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4638 #38B0BE

analogous

#BE386D #BE4638 #BE8938

triadic

#BE4638 #38BE46 #4638BE

tetradic

#BE4638 #6DBE38 #38B0BE #8938BE

square

#BE4638 #6DBE38 #38B0BE #8938BE

split-complementary

#BE4638 #38BE89 #386DBE

monochromatic

#5F231C #8F352A #BE4638 #D16E62 #DF9A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#BE4638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BE4638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4638

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4638	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 70, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.157 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97f6f',
    500: '#be4638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4638;
$custom-light: #d97f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.269,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55661,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4638

secondary

#88C3CA

accent

#CEDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4638

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

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