#BE4959#BE4959

#BE4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4959
RGB	rgb(190, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 48.27, 15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 50.73, 17.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1453 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.15 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4230, 16.4367, 11.2831)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4959 #49BEAE

analogous

#BE4994 #BE4959 #BE7449

triadic

#BE4959 #59BE49 #4959BE

tetradic

#BE4959 #94BE49 #49BEAE #7449BE

square

#BE4959 #94BE49 #49BEAE #7449BE

split-complementary

#BE4959 #49BE74 #4994BE

monochromatic

#68252E #953542 #BE4959 #CE7682 #DEA3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BE4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BE4959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4959

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4959	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78187',
    500: '#be4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4959;
$custom-light: #d78187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.795,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56654,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4959

secondary

#98CBC4

accent

#D7C551

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4959

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

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