#BE4938#BE4938

#BE4938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.154 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4938
RGB	rgb(190, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 46.04, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 57.49, 36.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1325 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.154 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3341, 16.0011, 5.5478)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4938 #38ADBE

analogous

#BE386A #BE4938 #BE8C38

triadic

#BE4938 #38BE49 #4938BE

tetradic

#BE4938 #6ABE38 #38ADBE #8C38BE

square

#BE4938 #6ABE38 #38ADBE #8C38BE

split-complementary

#BE4938 #38BE8C #386ABE

monochromatic

#5F251C #8F372A #BE4938 #D17062 #DF9B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BE4938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BE4938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4938

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4938	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.154 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9816f',
    500: '#be4938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4938;
$custom-light: #d9816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.612,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56045,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4938

secondary

#88C1CA

accent

#CBDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4938

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

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