#BE4A49#BE4A49

#BE4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.150 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A49
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 46.59, 25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 52.90, 28.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1375 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.15 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8889, 16.3290, 8.1432)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A49 #49BDBE

analogous

#BE4983 #BE4A49 #BE8549

triadic

#BE4A49 #49BE4A #4A49BE

tetradic

#BE4A49 #83BE49 #49BDBE #8549BE

square

#BE4A49 #83BE49 #49BDBE #8549BE

split-complementary

#BE4A49 #49BE85 #4983BE

monochromatic

#682625 #953635 #BE4A49 #CE7776 #DEA4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BE4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BE4A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A49

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A49	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.150 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8817b',
    500: '#be4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a49;
$custom-light: #d8817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.513,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56448,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A49

secondary

#98CBCB

accent

#D6D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A49

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

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