#BE4A45#BE4A45

#BE4A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.151 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A45
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 46.33, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 53.79, 30.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1359 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.151 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7605, 16.2777, 7.4671)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A45 #45B9BE

analogous

#BE457C #BE4A45 #BE8645

triadic

#BE4A45 #45BE4A #4A45BE

tetradic

#BE4A45 #7CBE45 #45B9BE #8645BE

square

#BE4A45 #7CBE45 #45B9BE #8645BE

split-complementary

#BE4A45 #45BE86 #457CBE

monochromatic

#652623 #933733 #BE4A45 #CE7672 #DEA2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BE4A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BE4A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A45

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A45	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.151 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88179',
    500: '#be4a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a45;
$custom-light: #d88179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.479,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56377,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A45

secondary

#95C8CA

accent

#D2D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A45

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

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