#BE4A40#BE4A40

#BE4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.152 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A40
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 46.02, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 55.03, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.134 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.152 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6118, 16.2182, 6.6839)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A40 #40B4BE

analogous

#BE4075 #BE4A40 #BE8940

triadic

#BE4A40 #40BE4A #4A40BE

tetradic

#BE4A40 #75BE40 #40B4BE #8940BE

square

#BE4A40 #75BE40 #40B4BE #8940BE

split-complementary

#BE4A40 #40BE89 #4075BE

monochromatic

#622621 #903831 #BE4A40 #CE756D #DDA09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BE4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BE4A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A40

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A40	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.152 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88175',
    500: '#be4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a40;
$custom-light: #d88175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56294,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A40

secondary

#90C5C9

accent

#CED94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A40

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

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