#BE4A37#BE4A37

#BE4A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.153 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A37
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 45.53, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 57.54, 37.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1307 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.153 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3761, 16.1239, 5.4423)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A37 #37ABBE

analogous

#BE3768 #BE4A37 #BE8D37

triadic

#BE4A37 #37BE4A #4A37BE

tetradic

#BE4A37 #68BE37 #37ABBE #8D37BE

square

#BE4A37 #68BE37 #37ABBE #8D37BE

split-complementary

#BE4A37 #37BE8D #3768BE

monochromatic

#5F251C #8F3829 #BE4A37 #D17161 #DF9B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BE4A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BE4A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A37

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A37	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)

#696034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.153 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9816e',
    500: '#be4a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a37;
$custom-light: #d9816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56162,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A37

secondary

#87C0CA

accent

#C9DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A37

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

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