#BE4836#BE4836

#BE4836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.156 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4836
RGB	rgb(190, 72, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 46.40, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 58.32, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1332 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.156 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2209, 15.8516, 5.2736)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4836 #36ACBE

analogous

#BE3668 #BE4836 #BE8C36

triadic

#BE4836 #36BE48 #4836BE

tetradic

#BE4836 #68BE36 #36ACBE #8C36BE

square

#BE4836 #68BE36 #36ACBE #8C36BE

split-complementary

#BE4836 #36BE8C #3668BE

monochromatic

#5F241B #8E3628 #BE4836 #D26F60 #DF9A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BE4836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BE4836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4836

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4836	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 72, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.156 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9806e',
    500: '#be4836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4836;
$custom-light: #d9806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55888,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4836

secondary

#86C1CA

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4836

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

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