#BE495B#BE495B

#BE495B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.151 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE495B
RGB	rgb(190, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(351, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 48.44, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 50.55, 16.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1461 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.151 14)
XYZ	xyz(25.5082, 16.4707, 11.7314)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE495B #49BEAC

analogous

#BE4996 #BE495B #BE7249

triadic

#BE495B #5BBE49 #495BBE

tetradic

#BE495B #96BE49 #49BEAC #7249BE

square

#BE495B #96BE49 #49BEAC #7249BE

split-complementary

#BE495B #49BE72 #4996BE

monochromatic

#68252F #953544 #BE495B #CE7684 #DEA3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BE495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BE495B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE495B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE495B	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64625B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.151 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78189',
    500: '#be495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be495b;
$custom-light: #d78189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56701,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE495B

secondary

#98CBC3

accent

#D7C251

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE495B

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

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