#BE493F#BE493F

#BE493F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.153 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE493F
RGB	rgb(190, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 66.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 46.42, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 55.56, 33.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1351 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.153 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5174, 16.0744, 6.5133)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE493F #3FB4BE

analogous

#BE3F75 #BE493F #BE883F

triadic

#BE493F #3FBE49 #493FBE

tetradic

#BE493F #75BE3F #3FB4BE #883FBE

square

#BE493F #75BE3F #3FB4BE #883FBE

split-complementary

#BE493F #3FBE88 #3F75BE

monochromatic

#622621 #903730 #BE493F #CE746C #DD9F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BE493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BE493F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE493F

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE493F	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.153 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88174',
    500: '#be493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be493f;
$custom-light: #d88174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.724,
    "s": 50.198,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56148,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE493F

secondary

#8FC5C9

accent

#CFDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE493F

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

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