#BE4950#BE4950

#BE4950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.151 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4950
RGB	rgb(190, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 47.55, 20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 51.90, 23.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1417 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.151 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0680, 16.2947, 9.4130)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4950 #49BEB7

analogous

#BE498B #BE4950 #BE7D49

triadic

#BE4950 #50BE49 #4950BE

tetradic

#BE4950 #8BBE49 #49BEB7 #7D49BE

square

#BE4950 #8BBE49 #49BEB7 #7D49BE

split-complementary

#BE4950 #49BE7D #498BBE

monochromatic

#682529 #95353B #BE4950 #CE767B #DEA3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BE4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BE4950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4950

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4950	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.151 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78181',
    500: '#be4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4950;
$custom-light: #d78181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.41,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56456,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4950

secondary

#98CBC8

accent

#D7CF51

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4950

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

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