#BE4A38#BE4A38

#BE4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.153 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A38
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 45.58, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 57.25, 37.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1311 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.153 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4003, 16.1336, 5.5698)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A38 #38ACBE

analogous

#BE3869 #BE4A38 #BE8D38

triadic

#BE4A38 #38BE4A #4A38BE

tetradic

#BE4A38 #69BE38 #38ACBE #8D38BE

square

#BE4A38 #69BE38 #38ACBE #8D38BE

split-complementary

#BE4A38 #38BE8D #3869BE

monochromatic

#5F251C #8F382A #BE4A38 #D17162 #DF9C92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BE4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BE4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A38

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A38	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.153 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9816f',
    500: '#be4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a38;
$custom-light: #d9816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56175,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A38

secondary

#88C1CA

accent

#CADE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A38

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

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