#BE4A36#BE4A36

#BE4A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.154 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A36
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 45.48, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 57.84, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1304 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.154 32)
XYZ	xyz(24.3523, 16.1144, 5.3174)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A36 #36AABE

analogous

#BE3666 #BE4A36 #BE8E36

triadic

#BE4A36 #36BE4A #4A36BE

tetradic

#BE4A36 #66BE36 #36AABE #8E36BE

square

#BE4A36 #66BE36 #36AABE #8E36BE

split-complementary

#BE4A36 #36BE8E #3666BE

monochromatic

#5F251B #8E3728 #BE4A36 #D27060 #DF9B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BE4A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BE4A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A36

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A36	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.154 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9816e',
    500: '#be4a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a36;
$custom-light: #d9816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56148,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.16111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A36

secondary

#86C0CA

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A36

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

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