#BE4A35#BE4A35

#BE4A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.154 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A35
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 45.43, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 58.14, 38.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.13 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.154 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3291, 16.1051, 5.1949)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A35 #35A9BE

analogous

#BE3564 #BE4A35 #BE8E35

triadic

#BE4A35 #35BE4A #4A35BE

tetradic

#BE4A35 #64BE35 #35A9BE #8E35BE

square

#BE4A35 #64BE35 #35A9BE #8E35BE

split-complementary

#BE4A35 #35BE8E #3564BE

monochromatic

#5E251A #8E3728 #BE4A35 #D2705E #DF9A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BE4A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BE4A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A35

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A35	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.154 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9816d',
    500: '#be4a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a35;
$custom-light: #d9816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.197,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56135,
    "c": 0.15388,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A35

secondary

#85BFCA

accent

#C8E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A35

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

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